Newspaper: Ex-defense minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan`s name  appears in files on detention of armed gang in Yerevan 

ArmInfo. Ex-defense minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan's name has appeared in the files on detention of a gang in Yerevan. 

"Zhoghovurd" (People) newspaper reports, citing its own sources that  when confronting with defendant, ex-deputy minister of defense Vahan  Shirkhanyan, one of those involved in the case - clergyman Anton -  said that "Seyran Ohanyan is behind all that case". In response,  Shirkhanyan shouted that it was not true.  Nevertheless, the  clergyman stated that within the framework of the gang's activities,  he was going to meet with Ohanyan. Shirkhanyan once again shouted  that the testimony was false.     

According to the newspaper's information, Shirkhanyan and Ohanyan  were intending to create a Pan- Armenian Union of Officers, which  would involve more than 10,000 officers of Armenian origin from all  over the world. Ohanyan was to head the organization. However, he did  not manage to put this idea in practice, because he was dismissed as  defense minister after a new prime minister was appointed in Armenia.    

To note, as a result of investigative measures taken by the National  Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, an organized criminal group  intending to commit grave crimes in the territory of Armenia was  disclosed on November 25, 2015. A citizen of Armenia Arthur  Vardanyan, native of Yerevan, living in a foreign state, set up and  managed a criminal group as soon as he arrived in Yerevan in 2015.    According to preliminary agreement, the group illegally acquired  weapons and ammunition. On November 25, the joint measures taken with  the Armenian Police found arms and ammunition, explosives,  communication facilities and other things. As many as 10 people were  arrested, with 11 more arrested later. During a private hearing on  November 27, the regular court of Kentron and Nork Marash  administrative districts of Yerevan sustained the motion of the  National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) to use arrest as a measure  of restraint against the gang members detained in Yerevan. The NSS   Investigative Department has instituted a criminal case based on  Article 223 Parts 1 and 2 (creation of a criminal group or  participation in a criminal community - imprisonment for 6-10 years),  and Article 235 Part 3 (illegal acquisition, sale, keeping,  transportation or bearing of weapons, ammunition, explosive compounds  or explosive devices - imprisonment for 3-8 years) of the Armenian  Criminal Code.