Criminal case launched for drug trafficking

ArmInfo.  A criminal case has been initiated regarding an attempt to import drugs into  Armenia.

As reported by the press service of the RA State Revenue Committee,   police officers received information about an Armenian citizen  planning to illegally bring drugs into the country. This information  was passed on to the operational-search department of the SRC  Anti-Smuggling Department. Following operational- search activities,  it was established that the citizen may be attempting to import drugs  into  Armenia via the "Agarak" checkpoint. The citizen was placed  under surveillance, and SRC employees inspected G.T.'s luggage.  Inside,  two pillows, transparent plastic bags containing a white  crystalline substance resembling "methamphetamine" were found,  weighing  a total of 510 grams.

On the basis of a well-founded reasonable suspicion of drug  trafficking, the citizen was detained and brought to the Syunik  Regional Investigation Department of the RA Investigative Committee,  where a criminal case was initiated.