Officers of the Vagharshapat department of the Community Police received operational information on 6 November 2026 that two residents of the city of Echmiadzin, a 54-year-old and a 63-year-old, stored and sold drugs and also intended that day to sell drugs to a particular person.[1] The police press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that, as a result of measures taken by law enforcement, those men were found on Zoravar Andranik Street, detained and taken with a Lexus to the Vagharshapat department.[1] Patrol officers of the Armavir Province battalion took part in the operation that found the men on Zoravar Andranik Street and detained them with the Lexus.[2]

Two packages containing a mass resembling a narcotic were in plain view inside the car.[1] The Interior Ministry said the two packages of drug-like mass were in a clearly visible part of the car.[2] The Lexus was moved to a specially guarded area, and the detained men were handed over to the preliminary investigation body.[1] A criminal proceeding was opened, and an inspection of the car in that proceeding found 92 grams of a mass resembling marijuana.[1] The Interior Ministry said the same inspection found 92 grams of a mass resembling marijuana and that the preliminary investigation was continuing.[2] The preliminary investigation was still under way when the police account was published.[1]