{"version":1,"id":"am","name":"Armenia","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/am/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":2,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-09-29","reports":[{"id":"armenia-marijuana-seizure-2026","code":"CET-5TXSH5","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/armenia-marijuana-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5TXSH5/","date":"2026-09-29","country":"am","country_name":"Armenia","place":null,"coordinates":[40.288,44.938],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Armenia seizes 69 kg of marijuana smuggled from Iran","summary":"The National Security Service stopped two Armenian citizens and an Iranian citizen with 69.3 kg of marijuana near Meghri, after they picked up the load from a cache near Nrnadzor. The case was opened under the aggravated sale and smuggling articles, and a court ordered the two Armenians held.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"armenia-marijuana-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Կանխվել է Հայաստան 69.3 կգ «մարիխուանա» տեսակի թմրամիջոցի տեղափոխման դեպք․ ԱԱԾ (12 October 2026)","url":"https://hetq.am/hy/article/184626","publisher":"Hetq","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"armenia-small-possession-practice-2024","code":"CET-EK55KR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/armenia-small-possession-practice-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EK55KR/","date":"2024-07-01","country":"am","country_name":"Armenia","place":null,"coordinates":[40.288,44.938],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Armenia stops bringing criminal cases for small plant-based possession","summary":"In 2024 prosecutors stopped opening criminal cases for small amounts of plant-based drugs, cannabis included, when there was no evidence of sale, and sent the files for an administrative fine instead. Drug crimes fell from 5,070 in 2023 to 3,639 in 2024, while administrative drug offences rose from 387 to 633.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"armenia-small-possession-practice-2024","sources":[{"title":"Government Decision No. 736-L of 5 June 2025 on the 2025–2027 drug strategy","url":"https://arlis.am/hy/acts/207984","publisher":"Armenia","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}