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The servicemen of Meghri border detachment jointly with the workers of Meghri customs point on Thursday detained an intruder, who was trying to smuggle drugs via the Armenian-Iranian border.

According to the press-service of the Border Guard Department of FSB of the Russian Federation in Armenia, during the border control at Agarak checkpoint (Syunik province) of passengers of international bus travelling from Tehran to Armenia, an Iranian citizen with signs of excessive anxiety was found out.

This information was passed to the workers of the customs point, who carried out personal inspection of the man and found out a plastic bag with a plant-based substance in his coat backing, which was presumably opium weighing over 10 grams.

In 2016, the workers of Border Guard Department of FSB of the Russian Federation in Armenia defending the Armenian-Iranian border revealed and prevented the smuggling of over 5,5 kg drugs to the territory of Armenia. 

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