ArmInfo.Armenian police in Yerevan detained a citizen of Georgia, suspected of robbing a famous Armenian artist Rafael Kotandjyan.
The detained A. Shamilov has already confessed, the press service of the RA Police reports.Earlier it was reported that on December 30, in an underground passage at the intersection of Abovyan and Isahakyan streets, the artist stole a bag. The press service of the Armenian police published a video showing how the two men, talking with each other, climb the stairs after Kotanjdjyan. Suddenly one of them snatches the bag from the actor's hands and runs away.
In the bag there was money, cards, and an ID.A criminal case was opened into the robbery of the artist. As a result of the operational-search measures, the law enforcement authorities identified the persons who committed the crime and solved the case.On the morning of January 17, in one of the houses in Noragyuh quarter (Yerevan), law enforcement officers found and brought to the police department a citizen of Georgia A. Shamilov. He is suspected of robbing a famous artist, Raphael Kotanjyan. Work is underway to trap Shamilov's accomplice - Georgian citizen A. Ananikyan.