Two 44-year-olds held with about 5 kg marijuana in Armenia
Police detained two 44-year-old men on the Yerevan–Ashtarak highway, seizing about 5 kg of suspected marijuana from one of them plus a second parcel. Both men were placed under public criminal prosecution on 27 May and transferred to pretrial detention as the investigation continues.
Police detained two 44-year-old men on the Yerevan–Ashtarak highway at about
20:50 on 26 May and took them with their Toyota Corolla to the Davtashen police
department.[1]On 27 May, public criminal prosecution was initiated against
both men within an opened criminal case.[1]They were placed under arrest and
transferred to a pretrial detention facility, while the preliminary
investigation continues to establish the circumstances.[1]
During the search, officers found a plastic bag containing about 5 kg of a
substance believed to be marijuana on one of the detainees.[1]Officers also
found a parcel containing a similar substance on the other detainee.[1]Police
said officers of the Criminal Police anti-drug-trafficking department had
received operative information about a planned contraband import of a large drug
consignment into Armenia.[1]
The account was published through the press service of Armenia’s Interior
Ministry.[1]It carries the standard notice that a suspect is presumed
innocent until guilt is proved by a final court judgment under Armenia’s
criminal-procedure rules.[1]
Case data
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Police in Echmiadzin detained two local men, aged 54 and 63, on 6 November 2026 after a tip that they stored drugs and planned a sale that day. Officers found 92 grams of a mass resembling marijuana in their Lexus, and a criminal proceeding was opened.
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.
