Attempted smuggling of cocaine from the Netherlands to Armenia  thwarted

ArmInfo. Fifty capsules containing cocaine, weighing a total of 845 grams, were recovered from the body of a foreigner who arrived in Armenia from the  Netherlands, the press service of the State Revenue Committee (SRC)  of Armenia reported.

As part of its cooperation with international partners, the SRC's  Anti-Smuggling Department recently received information about the  arrival in Armenia of a Dutch citizen, R.D., who may have been  involved in drug smuggling.

As a result of investigative operations, it was established that the  citizen arrived in Armenia on the same day on a Vienna-Yerevan flight  and stayed at a hotel in Yerevan.

A citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was located, taken to the  customs control zone, and subjected to a personal customs search  using X-ray scanning. Suspicious foreign bodies were discovered in  his abdominal cavity. R.D. was taken to the Republican Medical Center  "Armenia," where 50 capsules containing cocaine, weighing a total of  845 grams, were removed from his body. He was detained on the basis  of direct, substantiated suspicion of drug smuggling. Investigators  conducted extensive operational and investigative activities. The  identities of possible individuals organizing the import of drugs  into the Republic of Armenia and their subsequent sale within the  country were established. As part of the "Controlled Delivery and  Purchase" operation, two more citizens were detained at an address in  Yerevan on the basis of direct, substantiated suspicion of drug  smuggling and sale, as part of criminal proceedings initiated under  Articles 393 and 399 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.  Searches were conducted at the place of residence.