Three detained in Agarak as police seize 882 g of marijuana
Police in Aragatsotn detained three Agarak residents after finding marijuana and pipettes at a 51-year-old man's home, saying he had sold drugs to the other two. Follow-up searches recovered 882.25 grams of marijuana and cannabis plants, and the suspected seller was remanded in custody.
🇦🇲 Agarak village, Aragatsotn Province · Armenia
Arrested
3
Cannabis
882.25 g
Aragatsotn regional criminal police received operational information that a
51-year-old resident of Agarak village used and sold drugs.[1]Officers
visited the 51-year-old man’s home to check the tip, where in plain view they
noticed a marijuana-like mass and a pipette.[1]Two other residents of the
same village, men aged 39 and 54, were in the house.[1]All three were
detained and taken to the regional department.[2]Police established that the
51-year-old man had sold the drugs to the other two men.[2]
A personal search of the 39-year-old man found 5.41 grams of marijuana and a
pipette.[2]A personal search of the 54-year-old man found 269 grams of
marijuana and three pipettes, two of them containing drug mass.[1]A criminal
proceeding was opened over the episode.[1]A search of the 54-year-old man’s
land found cannabis plants, while a basement search found 604.18 grams of
marijuana-like mass.[2]A search of the 51-year-old suspect’s home found 3.66
grams of marijuana-like mass.[1]
The 51-year-old man detained on suspicion of drug sale was remanded in custody.[2]The preliminary investigation was still under way, with no further court
outcome reported.[1]
Guardia Civil officers intercepted a suspicious parcel in Palencia containing 274 grams of marijuana alongside cocaine and detained its recipient for alleged drug trafficking. The detainee and case file were placed at judicial disposal, with the combined drugs valued by police at almost 5,000 euros.
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.
Armenia's Investigative Committee finished its probe on 21 August 2026 into H.M. and A.K., who allegedly collected 5 kg of marijuana from a Telegram-arranged dead drop and were arrested immediately. One suspect was detained and one placed under house arrest; the case went to prosecutors with an indictment.
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.
