Large-Scale Drug Trafficking: A Patrol Officer Arrested

The Investigative Committee has arrested a patrol officer involved in drug trafficking. This information was reported by reliable sources from Auroranews.

To confirm the details, we contacted Gor Abrahamyan, the spokesperson for the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia. He did not clarify whether the individual in question was a patrol officer but confirmed that two individuals were arrested yesterday in the Aragatsotn region.

“Two individuals were arrested on the basis of primary suspicion of possession and trafficking of narcotics. A crystalline substance was discovered during a search of one of the individuals. The examination concluded that the substance was methamphetamine of particularly large quantities. A criminal case has been initiated under Article 393, Part 3, Clause 2 of the RA Criminal Code (Article 393. The illegal circulation of narcotics, psychotropic substances, their preparations, or equivalent substances (analogues) or their derivatives for the purpose of trafficking or illegal trafficking thereof: Clauses 3. The act stipulated in parts 1 or 2 of this article, committed in particularly large quantities). The crimes defined by Article 396, Part 3 (Article 396. The illegal circulation of narcotics, psychotropic substances, their preparations, or equivalent substances or derivatives or precursors without the aim of trafficking: According to the 3rd clause, the act stipulated in part 1 of this article, committed in particularly large quantities, is punishable by imprisonment for a term of two to five years). The individual from whom the narcotic was found remains in custody, while the other individual has been released,” said Abrahamyan.

According to information from Auroranews, the individual who remains in custody had worked as a patrol officer.