Two arrested in Gegharkunik with 3.2 kg smuggled marijuana
Police stopped two Vardenis residents on the Martuni-Getap road on 2 October 2026 after they tried to flee, detaining both on suspicion of handling smuggled marijuana. Court-authorised searches found 3.2 kg of marijuana in their Jeep Compass and about 130 g more at a home, and both men were arrested as the investigation continued.
On 2 October officers tried to stop a Jeep Compass on the Martuni-Getap road,
but the Vardenis residents inside tried to flee in the car.[1]The flight
ended in Geghhovit village, where the two men were detained on suspicion of
illegally acquiring, storing, transporting and selling smuggled drugs and were
taken to the Martuni Community Police division while the car was sealed and sent
to a guarded area.[2]Both men were later arrested.[1]
A personal search of the 49-year-old passenger found a marijuana-filled
cigarette.[2]Court-authorised searches of the 35-year-old driver’s Jeep
Compass found three packages containing 3 kg200 g of marijuana.[1]At the
driver’s home officers also found another marijuana-filled cigarette, 356
cartridges and three automatic-rifle magazines.[2]At the 49-year-old man’s
residence officers found about 130 g of marijuana and three cannabis stems.[2]
On 1 October Gegharkunik criminal police and National Security Service officers
had received operational information that two Vardenis residents had gone to
Syunik region to acquire an especially large amount of smuggled marijuana.[2]A criminal proceeding was opened and the subsequent searches were carried out on
the basis of court decisions.[1]The preliminary investigation was still
continuing.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report on the seizure of over 3 kg of marijuana.Photo details
No weight was published for the marijuana cigarettes and packaging found on the 49-year-old and at the 35-year-old's home, so those amounts are not counted in the cannabis weight.
The three cannabis stems reported at the 49-year-old's residence have no weight and are not counted as cultivated plants or in kilograms.
The 356 cartridges and three automatic-rifle magazines are non-cannabis items mentioned only to explain the same searches and are excluded from cannabis figures.
The report uses the 2 October roadside interception, given as 1 a.m., as the incident date; the dates of the later house searches and court-ordered arrests were not published.
Both accounts derive from the Interior Ministry police statement and repeat the authorities' version; no independent account was found.
The NEWS.am page also embeds a YouTube video without a caption establishing that it shows this seizure, so no video entry is included.
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Yerevan community police detained two residents aged 19 and 20 who allegedly bought 20 marijuana packets for 250 dollars over Telegram to place in dead-drop caches. Officers recovered part of the packets in a search and part where one suspect threw them while fleeing, and both were remanded in custody after a criminal case was opened.
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.
Police in Yerevan detained a 36-year-old Erebuni resident on 2 November 2026 as he placed a marijuana packet in a dead-drop cache on Moldovakan Street. Officers found three packets already hidden and 18 more weighing about 42 grams in his Nissan Teana, and he was arrested after court-ordered searches also recovered heroin and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
