RA Investigative Committee completes investigation into illegal sale  of drugs

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee of Armenia has completed the preliminary investigation of three criminal cases opened in connection with the illegal sale of drugs and money laundering on an especially large scale. The cases have been transferred to the supervising prosecutor with the  indictment, the Investigative Committee's press service reported.

According to the case materials, three Armenian citizens illegally  acquired various types of drugs in especially large quantities for  sale, packaging them by weight and storing them in hiding places.  They then photographed the drug storage locations, marked the  geographic coordinates of the locations using software, and the  drugs, identified under various names on the Telegram app, were  transported through several other online stores and platforms  involved in drug trafficking. Those who expressed a desire to  purchase the drugs were advised by the criminals to transfer funds to  cryptocurrency accounts effectively managed by them. Then, to conceal  the criminal origin of the proceeds (583,303 drams in one case,  19,420,703 drams in another, and 93,890,436 drams in a third), they  were transferred to various electronic accounts, converted, and then  cashed out.

Criminal cases have been opened against all three for the illegal  sale of drugs on an especially large scale and money laundering.