Drug smuggling attempt stopped at Meghri checkpoint
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.