19-year-old held near Varser with 51 marijuana packets for sale
Police detained a 19-year-old near Varser village in Gegharkunik Province on 11 October 2025 on suspicion of placing drugs for sale. Officers seized 43 packets with 82 grams from him and later recovered 8 more packets with 18 grams he had already placed.
🇦🇲 Near Varser village, Gegharkunik Province · Armenia
Police received a report that a 19-year-old resident of Varser village was
illegally acquiring and selling drugs.[1]Officers detained the youth on 11
October near Varser village and took him to the Sevan police department.[1]
A search of the detainee found 43 tape-sealed packets containing 82 grams of a
yellow-brown substance.[1]Officers also found two pipettes with traces of ash
on him.[1]The youth said he had collected the packets of marijuana in the
village of Tsaghkunk in order to place them for sale.[1]
According to police, he had already placed some of the packets he had collected
before he was detained.[1]In the course of the criminal proceedings, officers
recovered 8 more packets containing 18 grams of the yellow-brown substance,
bringing the total to 51 packets and 100 grams.[1]The circumstances were
still being clarified when the account was published.[1]
Photos and video
Seized packets and pipettes from the Varser detention, in the photo published with the report.Photo details
Police video published with the report on the detention near Varser and the seized packets. Source: Новости-Армения
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
100 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (100 g)
Activity
Sale
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Gegharkunik Province
Sources
Новости-Арменияnewsarmenia.amRUПолицейские в Армении обнаружили 51 пакет с марихуаной, задержан 19-летний парень (ВИДЕО)
Open questions the AI reported
The seized substance is described as a yellow-brown mass and identified as marijuana only through the detainee's reported statement; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
The 100-gram total is the sum of the 82 grams found on the detainee and the 18 grams recovered later; the report does not state a combined weight.
No charge, measure of restraint or court outcome was reported; the case was at the investigation stage with circumstances still being clarified.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Russian and English.
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