SWAT teams of the organized crime unit of Yerevan police have carried out a special operation based on intelligence reports suggesting that a former official, Hovhannes Hovsepyan, and his entourage are keeping firearms and ammunition in their vehicles.
As part of a standard procedure, prosecutors of Ararat province have filed a criminal case on possible murder since it has been already 10 days that the 14-year-old child, Hayk Harutyunyan, is missing, prosecutors said.
The ministry of emergency situations said search operations for the missing 14 year old boy have been re-launched.
Two days after the arrest of Member of Parliament Manvel Grigoryan in suspicion of illegal acquisition and possession of firearms, the Prosecutor General’s office has filed a motion on stripping the lawmaker of immunity, the Prosecutor General’s office said.
The attorney of arrested MP Manvel Grigoryan has said he will no longer represent the former general.
The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has released details over the arrest of Arthur Asatryan, the businessman better known as Don Pipo. Asatryan holds dual Armenia-Russia citizenship.
The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has released details over the arrest of Member of Parliament Manvel Grigoryan and the evidences discovered in the lawmaker’s properties.
Human Rights Defender of Armenia (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan visited arrested Member of Parliament Manvel Grigoryan in the NSS detention facility at night, the Ombudsman’s office said.
The National Security Service (NSS) says it has carried out simultaneous search operations within the framework of two different criminal cases on June 16 in Ejmiatsin city (Vagharshapat). The NSS said it has discovered large amounts of weapons and ammunitions as result.
Armenia’s military police has detained an army colonel in suspicion of bribery, defense ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
