Ex-security official Vachagan Ghazaryan again jailed

Former President Serzh Sargsyan’s security official, former first deputy direction of the state protection service (under the NSS) Vachagan Ghazaryan has been arrested, Special Investigative Service spokesperson Marina Ohanjanyan told ARMENPRESS.

The court of cassation has approved the complaint of the prosecutor general’s deputy on upholding the first instance court’s ruling on remanding into custody Vachagan Ghazaryan and overruling the previous bail decision.

Ghazaryan, a former top security official, will be placed under arrest again.