Three held over 970 g marijuana parcel sent from US to Armenia
Armenia's State Revenue Committee found 970 grams of marijuana in a courier parcel sent from the United States and placed its Onex locker under watch. One Armenian citizen was detained in Yerevan and two more in Stepanavan on suspicion of smuggling, purchase and sale, with the drug allegedly meant for sale on Telegram.
After placing a Onex locker under round-the-clock surveillance, officers took an
Armenian citizen to the State Revenue Committee near the Yerevan
scientific-research institute of mathematical machines on suspicion of drug
smuggling, then detained him under criminal proceedings opened in the
Investigative Committee after a personal search.[1]In cooperation with police
officers in Stepanavan, two more Armenian citizens were detained on suspicion of
acquiring and selling drugs and were also held under Investigative Committee
proceedings after personal searches.[1]The detentions followed the State
Revenue Committee’s discovery of 970 grams of marijuana in an international
courier parcel, as reported by the committee’s press service.[1]
Officers had examined the parcel, sent to Armenia from the United States, in the
customs-control zone of the Onex temporary-storage warehouse.[1]Besides
personal belongings and clothing, the parcel contained marijuana weighing 970
grams, and its recipient was expected to collect it from a Onex locker.[1]The
drug was intended for sale through Telegram.[1]According to operational
information, it was to be picked up near the Vanadzor-Stepanavan tunnel.[1]
Work was continuing to identify other people involved in the drug trafficking.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
970 g
Agencies
State Revenue Committee; Police; Investigative Committee
The article says officers inspected the parcel 'the other day' but gives no separate date for the inspection or the detentions, so 2 May 2025, the publication date, stands in for the incident date.
No names, charges, weights from personal searches, or court outcome were reported; the three people were described only as detained under criminal proceedings opened in the Investigative Committee.
No laboratory confirmation of the 970 grams described as marijuana was reported.
Only one source could be opened; the account is the State Revenue Committee press statement as relayed by the outlet, with no independent second account found.
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