24-year-old foreigner held with 14 g of marijuana in Gyumri
Armenian police detained a 24-year-old foreign national in Gyumri on 22 August 2025 after he fled through Gorky central park and threw packages away on Teryan Street. A search found 11 packets with about 14 grams of marijuana, which he said he bought over Telegram to sell; a criminal case was opened.
🇦🇲 Gorky central park and Teryan Street, Gyumri, Shirak Province · Armenia
Police in the Armenian city of Gyumri arrested a 24-year-old foreign national on
suspicion of placing drug packages around the city for sale.[1]The Police
Ministry’s press service said officers had received information that the young
foreigner was buying drugs and selling them in different districts of Gyumri by
leaving them as packages.[1]
At 20:00 on 22 August 2025, seeing police approaching him in Gorky central park,
he ran off and threw several packets into a house courtyard on Teryan Street
before officers detained him.[1]A search of the man found 11 packets holding
about 14 grams of marijuana.[1]He told police he had bought the drug through
the Telegram app for onward sale.[1]
A criminal case was opened, and officers carrying out checks in it found five
more packets placed in the park and eight thrown away during the chase.[1]The
foreigner was arrested and police said the circumstances were still being
established.[1]
Photos and video
Police image issued with the Gyumri bulletin, showing a package and officers' hands in a red-circled detail; the police press service supplied it with the report. Photo: Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia via Novosti-ArmeniaPhoto details
Police video of the pursuit and detention in Gyumri embedded in the bulletin, on the Novosti-Armenia YouTube channel. Video: Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia via Novosti-Armenia Source: Новости-Армения
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
14 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Sale
Setting
Online
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Новости-Арменияnewsarmenia.amRU24-летний иностранец арестован в Гюмри по подозрению в сбыте наркотиков – Полиция (ВИДЕО)
Open questions the AI reported
Only one accessible source for this event was found; it relays the Armenian Police press service, and no separate outlet report could be opened.
The nationality of the detainee is not published.
No figure was given for the combined weight of the five packets found in the park and the eight thrown during the chase, so only the 11 packets about 14 grams of marijuana are recorded by weight.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the police said the circumstances were being established.
The total number of packages in the case is uncertain: the bulletin counts 11 with the drugs on him plus five in the park and eight thrown, and it does not say whether those figures overlap.
The article gives no exact address beyond Gorky central park and Teryan Street in Gyumri.
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