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    Categories: 2019

Armenian customs officers thwart a narcotic smuggling attempt

ARKA, Armenia
Feb 8 2019

YEREVAN, February 8. /ARKA/. Armenian State Revenue Committee’s department in charge of fighting smuggling together with a Police department combating illicit drug trafficking detained two citizens, identified as S.A. and Kh. K after they received a parcel from Germany sent to S.A in a post office in the capital Yerevan.

According to the State Revenue Committee, the inspection of the parcel revealed plastic containers with 279 pills containing narcotic substance buprenorphine, as well as 4 fragments of the same pills.

The State Revenue Committee said a criminal case was launched on the grounds of part 1 of Article 267.1 (drug trafficking) of the Criminal Code of Armenia. -0-

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