Case of Smuggling 8M Rubles in Cash Sent to Court

The pre-trial investigation of a criminal proceeding initiated on a case of smuggling has been completed in the Department for Investigation of Crimes against Property of the General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

During the pre-trial investigation, it was found that on October 25, 2025, a citizen, upon entering Armenia through a customs checkpoint, illegally transported an especially large amount of cash—a total of 7,990,100 Russian rubles—across the state border of the RA by keeping the undeclared funds, which were subject to customs declaration, in the pockets of the clothes he was wearing.

Public criminal prosecution has been initiated against one person under Article 291, Part 2, Clause 4 of the Criminal Code (smuggling of cash and/or payment instruments in particularly large amounts).

The criminal case, along with the indictment, has been sent to the supervising prosecutor with a motion to confirm it and send it to court for substantive consideration.