The anti-smuggling department of the State Revenue Committee, continuing the fight against the illegal transportation of narcotics and psychotropic substances across the border of the Republic of Armenia, recently revealed several related cases of illegal drug trafficking. About thisNEWS.am:SRC member informs.
The employees of SRC anti-smuggling department, as well as SRC foreign economic activities customs service and control department, NSS economic security and anti-corruption main department, together, in the customs control zone of "Apaven Terminal" company, they subjected to customs inspection from USA, "Trans Shipping" company. to the international courier imported to RA through
In addition to the personal items, 2 packages with total weight of 23 grams and 507 grams were found, containing narcotic masses of the "marijuana" type and "hashish oil" weighing 24 grams. after receiving the courier, 3 citizens of RA were arrested and transferred to the anti-smuggling department. They were subjected to a personal search accompanying the arrest, after which they were transferred to the main department of investigation of economic crimes and smuggling of the RA Investigative Committee. Within the framework of the initiated criminal proceedings, the citizens were arrested. The data of the person sending the given courier to RA was found out. It was also confirmed that the said drugs had to be sold through the Telegram channel. According to the court's decision, one of the arrested, N. During the search of A.'s place of residence, the latter presented 1 kilogram of "marijuana" drug, as well as 38 packages with self-adhesive tapes containing 66 grams of "cocaine" drug.
In the course of operative investigative activities, information was also received that two more consignments with narcotic drugs sent in the name of the same person will be imported to RA. While realizing the mentioned information, the SRC and NSS employees subjected to customs inspection the courier consignments imported from the USA to RA in the customs control zone of "Apaven Terminal" company. In 2 parcels, in addition to personal items, packages containing 1035 and 492 grams of "marijuana" narcotic were found. In this case of smuggling, in one of the districts of Yerevan, after receiving a parcel containing similar masses of narcotic "marijuana" instead of "marijuana", he was arrested and the anti-smuggling department of SRC moved to RA citizen L. Kh.
The latter was subjected to a personal search accompanying the arrest and was transferred to the Main Department of the Investigation of Economic Crimes and Smuggling of the RA Investigative Committee, where he was arrested within the framework of the initiated criminal proceedings. Information was also received that from the USA, on behalf of the same person, narcotics will be imported into RA again. one consignment. While implementing the mentioned operative data, the SRC and NSS employees jointly subjected the international courier consignment from the USA to customs inspection in the customs control zone of "Apaven Terminal" PB company. 2 packages containing "marijuana" narcotics, each weighing 530 grams, were found. After receiving the parcel, which was replaced with other similar substances instead of narcotics in the mentioned case of smuggling, RA citizen A. was arrested and transferred to SRC anti-smuggling department A., where the latter was subjected to a personal search accompanying the arrest. Under the supervision of the operative intelligence department of SRC anti-smuggling department and the main department of economic security and anti-corruption of NSS, A.A. made contact from his mobile phone number, a certain G. with M and informed the latter that he had received the parcel and should deliver it to him. Then, after taking the courier parcel containing substituted masses similar to the "marijuana" drug in one of Yerevan's districts, RA citizen G. M.
The latter was subjected to a personal search accompanying the arrest, after which he was transferred to the main department of investigation of economic crimes and smuggling of the Investigative Committee, where he was arrested as part of the criminal proceedings. As a result of the measures taken by the employees of the department, more than 4 kg of "marijuana", 24 grams of "hashish oil" and 66 grams of "cocaine" types of narcotic drugs were taken out of circulation. In connection with the fact, a criminal case was initiated in the Investigative Committee under the characteristics of the crime of Article 399 of the RA Criminal Code. , a preliminary investigation is being carried out. Operative-investigative measures are continuing in order to find out the scope of other possible persons involved in the above-mentioned illegal drug trafficking.