Armenia’s State Revenue Committee anti-smuggling department said it works to detect illegal movement of narcotics across the state border using analytical tools and operative-search measures.[1] The committee said that over the past month various narcotics hidden by smuggling inside different items were found in shipments brought into Armenia through international carriers and seized from illegal circulation.[1]

The finds included about 1,800 grams of marijuana and 114 grams of hash oil, reported alongside cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA and carfentanil.[1] The prepared materials on these cases were submitted to the Main Department for the investigation of economic crimes and smuggling of the Investigative Committee.[1]

Anti-smuggling officers and the Investigative Committee are taking investigative and operative-search measures to establish all persons who committed the crimes.[1] The same statement separately reported a courier shipment in which a total of 819 grams of mephedrone was found hidden in parts of a table’s packaging.[1] It also reported a second courier shipment in which about 250 grams of synthetic narcotic of the MDMB-022 type was found after dismantling an acoustic speaker.[1] The committee said the detections resulted from analysis, targeted screening and large-scale operative-search measures by its anti-smuggling officers.[1]