ArmInfo. 40 year old Armenian citizen has been arrested in charge of illegal transit of Igla MANPADS in Georgia.
According to the Georgian MIA statement, the officials of Georgian MIA on March 27 on Nikoloz Baratashvili street in Tbilisi arrested two Armenian citizens, based on the conversion of the Law- Enforcement Officials of Armenia, Robert A(born in 1997), wanted on the case of suspicion of crimes given by the point 2 of Article 235 and point 2 of the first part of Article 235.1 Criminal Code of Armenia
To note, the Court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork Marash administrative districts of Yerevan arrested Samvel Babayn, the NKR Ex Defense Minister, for two months due to criminal case of illegal trafficking of Igla man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile from the territory of Georgia According to the information of Avetis Kalashyan, Babayan's lawer, shared with Armenian office of Radio Svoboda, babayan is charged due to part 2, Article 235 and Point 1 part 2 Article 235 of RA Criminal code. Avetis Kalashyan stated also that the charges proposed to Babayan is not justified, and the court decision will be a subject to submit a cassation appeal. To remind, Babayan's arrest was carried out in the framework of the case of illegal importation of the Igla MANPADS from Georgia to Armenia.
The press service of the National Security Service stated that within the framework of this case, 3 people were arrested and Babayan. As a result of operational-search activities, reliable data was obtained that persons engaged in the delivery and acquisition of components of the anti-aircraft missile system acted at the behest and order of Babayan. Bloc Oganyan-Raffi- Oskanian, whose supporter he is, called the given arrest a political persecution and called on international organizations, diplomatic missions to keep this pre-election incident at the center of attention.