Community police officers in Yerevan’s Malatia district received operative information that a resident of the Akhtanak quarter was illegally storing and selling drugs.[1] The Interior Ministry press service told Armenpress that the tip had been checked and confirmed.[1] The Malatia-Sebastia investigative division opened a criminal proceeding and searched the 54-year-old man’s home on 24 September under a court order.[1] The 54-year-old homeowner was placed under house arrest as a preventive measure.[2]

The search found two electronic scales, tablets of unknown origin, empty containers with yellow-green traces and containers filled with cannabis seeds, a container with white solution and 2.5 kg of marijuana.[1] Police separately described the haul as jars and test tubes with yellowish-green traces, a container with white solution and jars holding cannabis seeds.[2]

The circumstances were still being established.[1] The tablets were described as of unknown origin and the white solution was not identified as cannabis, while the 2.5 kg find was identified as marijuana.[1]