Drug smuggling attempt stopped at Meghri checkpoint

15:35 18/01/2014 » LAW

On January 17, while inspecting a truck traveling from Iran to Georgia
via Meghri checkpoint in Armenia the employees of the checkpoint found
927 kg of heroin in a secret compartment of the truck to stop the
first drug smuggling attempt of such scale in the region, the press
service of Armenian National Security Service (NSS) reported.

A criminal case was opened under Article 215 part 2 of the Criminal
Code ( smuggling of narcotic drugs).

The truck driver, Georgian citizen Avtandil Martiashvili, 61, was detained.

A search is on for other individuals involved in the crime.

Source: Panorama.am