Glendale : Opium Case Pleas Entered
Two Glendale men who allegedly received more than a kilo of opium through the mail pleaded not guilty Friday to felony drug charges, including transporting, possessing and conspiracy to sell opium.
Armen Djavanpour, 45, and Edward Babaian, 29, were arrested April 15 by local police who watched the men pick up a package of opium from a Glendale apartment and drive to another house where they opened the box, Deputy Dist. Atty. Michael O’Gara said. O’Gara said the package of drugs, with an estimated street value of $45,000, had a return address in Hamburg, Germany.
Three other people--including a couple who lived in the second house--were also arrested, but prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to charge them.
A preliminary hearing for Djavanpour and Babaian was set for Tuesday, O’Gara said. Both face more than five years in state prison if convicted on all counts.
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