YEREVAN. – Officers from Armenian Police Force’s Tashir Precinct detained Monday a 23-year-old on suspicion of carrying illegal drugs, as the police had found a marijuana-like substance in his possession.   

The youth informed that he had collected the substance last summer from a field, he dried it, and then kept it for his own use, Police Force informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. 

A forensic chemical examination is commissioned, and an investigation is underway.