A large drug smuggling has been exposed in Armenia, the State Revenue Committee (SRC) informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Accordingly, a Brazilian citizen and the latter’s luggage, arriving at Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport on the Sao Paulo-Dubai-Yerevan flight, were subjected to customs control.

As a result, two packages of cocaine were found in a secret compartment of the luggage. This drug weighed 1,721 grams, and the market value of this batch is over $600,000.

The SRC prepared materials on the incident, this foreigner was taken from the Zvartnots airport to the SRC Investigation Department, and later was arrested.

A criminal case has been filed.