23-year-old held in Yerevan with about 330 g of marijuana bought via Telegram
Police from Yerevan's Kanaker-Zeytun division detained a 23-year-old resident on Paruyr Sevak Street on 7 November 2022 and found 162 packets of a marijuana-like substance weighing about 267 grams, plus another 63 grams, in a search at the station. The man said he had bought the marijuana through a Telegram channel and planned to sell it across Yerevan; the investigation was continuing.
Officers of the Kanaker-Zeytun police division detained a 23-year-old resident
of Yerevan on Paruyr Sevak Street on suspicion of possessing, using and selling
drugs.[1]The police acted on information received on 7 November, the date the
Armenian-language accounts give for the detention.[2]
A personal search at the police station found 162 packets of a marijuana-like
substance weighing about 267 grams and another lot of the same substance
weighing about 63 grams.[1]Officers also seized 3 polyethylene bags, 2
electric scales, adhesive tape and 342 empty bags.[1]
The man told police the substance was marijuana he had bought through a Telegram
channel and intended to sell in different districts of Yerevan.[1]The account
came from the Armenian police press service, which Armenpress and Sputnik
Armenia reproduced.[3]Oragir.news published the same police statement, dating
the arrest to 7 November.[4]
The investigation in the criminal case was continuing, with no charge or court
decision reported.[1]The police statement noted that a person suspected or
accused of an offence is presumed innocent until guilt is proven under Armenia’s
law by a court decision in force.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report showing a person whose face is blurred beside sealed marijuana packages, scales and empty bags laid out on a table. Photo: Police of Armenia / ArmenpressPhoto details
Only the Armenpress Russian text gives the separate 63-gram lot, the bags, tape and 342 empty packets; Sputnik Armenia reports only the 162 packets of about 267 grams and the scales, so 267 grams is used as the stated figure for the packets alone.
The combined figure of about 330 grams is the sum of two approximated weights and the sources do not call it a total, so figures record the larger stated lot (267 g) and the text gives both.
The substance is described as resembling marijuana; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
The Russian and Armenian Armenpress texts say police acted on information obtained on 7 November but do not say separately when the detention took place; 7 November is used as the incident date and may be the date the information was received.
No name, charge, measure of restraint or court outcome was published; the case was at the investigation stage.
The police.am statement linked by Sputnik could not be opened, and the accounts are all versions of one police press release rather than independent reporting.
The page photo is an Armenpress picture with no separate credit line; the caption and content indicate a police handout showing the seized packets.
The place of the search is given only as Paruyr Sevak Street, a street in the Kanaker-Zeytun district, so district-centre coordinates are used.
The Armenian-language Armenpress page is a translation of the submitted Russian text and is cited only for the wording of the police account.
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.
