ArmInfo. In the course of the operational investigations carried out by the National Security Service of Armenia, a corruption offense was revealed and prevented, in which an employee of the regional police department was also implicated.
According to the press service of the National Security Service, the forester of the Stepanavan forestry "Hayantar" SNPO N.T by prior agreement with the director of the forestry establishment, organized illegal logging, removal and sale of firewood. From July to October 2018, he received a bribe in the amount of 300.000 drams for the deal. So that the law enforcement agencies do not prevent the illegal cutting down of trees and the export of firewood. N.T. offered the deputy chief of the Stepanavan police station, N.K. a bribe in the amount of 150.000 drams. A criminal case was initiated, 3 persons were charged, arrest was chosen as a preventive measure against two. In respect of the third party to the crime, a written undertaking not to leave the country was applied.