Four arrested in Armenia over alleged 10 kg marijuana smuggling
Four suspects were arrested in Armenia in an investigation into an alleged plot by an Iranian national to smuggle 10 kg of marijuana across the land border. Two of those held were Armenian citizens accused of agreeing to buy 3 kg for onward sale, and all four were remanded in pre-trial detention on drug-smuggling charges.
Four suspects have been arrested in an ongoing investigation into drug smuggling
allegedly involving Iranian nationals.[1]Armenia’s State Revenue Committee
said it received information that an Iranian national had been plotting to
smuggle 10 kg of marijuana across the land border into Armenia.[1]Further
investigation identified the suspects, who were already in Armenia.[1][2]They
were arrested by the Investigative Committee after being taken into custody at a
hotel in Yerevan.[1]A court remanded them in pre-trial detention on drug
smuggling charges.[1][2]
The investigation later found the alleged smugglers had intended to sell 3 kg of
the smuggled marijuana in Armenia to other accomplices.[1]The two buyers,
Armenian citizens, were also arrested.[1][2]Confiscations were made during
searches.[1][2]
The account attributes the smuggling allegation to a State Revenue Committee
press release.[1]The report describes the investigation as ongoing.[1][2]
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Charged
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Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Smuggling
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Land border
Case stage
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Armenpressarmenpress.amFour arrested in Armenia over alleged drug smuggling scheme involving Iranian nationals
No seized weight was published, so no kilograms are recorded; 10 kg is the alleged smuggling plan and 3 kg the alleged onward-sale portion, while confiscations during searches were mentioned without an amount.
The article gives no separate dates for the arrests, searches or remand; 18 June 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The report caps the total at four arrests while also describing two Armenian buyers as also arrested, so the report treats the buyers as part of the four.
No names, ages, detailed nationalities, hotel name, border crossing, or seizure inventory were published.
No court outcome beyond pre-trial detention was reported; the investigation was described as ongoing.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; web searches for a second account returned no results.
The text gives a weight ("10 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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.
