Nephew of Serzh Sargsyan is wanted: he was found with weapons, drugs  and sketches of Martiros Saryan (video)

ArmInfo. The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia presented details of the special operation conducted the day before in the house of Alexander Sargsyan - the  brother of former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.

According to the information of the NSS press center, the department  received operational information about a large batch of drugs and  weapons stored in the apartment of a house in Aram Street in Yerevan.  As a result of the operational-search operations, it turned out that  these drugs and weapons belong to the citizen of Armenia, 31-year-old  Narek Aleksandrovich Sargsyan. In the course of the special operation  on June 25, the NSS operatives in Aram Street detained citizens of  Serob Sahakyan and Vladimir Shahinyants.  They were carrying  suitcases. During the interrogation of the detainees at the National  Security Committee's Investigation Department, it was revealed that  Serob Sahakyan is a close friend of Narek Sargsyan who kept weapons  and drugs. He was in the focus of attention of law enforcement  bodies, as he helped Sargsyan.

On the results of the investigation, it was established that Narek  Sargsyan flew to Moscow on June 22, 2018 with his guard Artem  Petrosyan to move to one of the European countries. Before leaving  the country, Narek Sargsyan handed Serob Sahakyan an apartment key in  a house in Aram Street, and on June 25, through his bodyguard, asked  Sahakyan to take two suitcases from the apartment and hide them.   During the personal search, cocaine, methamphetamine, four pistols,  one of which with a silencer, cartridges, tablets of unknown origin,  as well as glass and plastic tubes with a whitish and dark coating,  were found in the suitcases in Vladimir Shahinyants and Serob  Sahakyan's suitcases. In all probability, they served as devices for  the reception of drugs. The weapons are sent for examination, which  will allow to find out whether it was used in the commission of  certain crimes. In addition, the SNB received a message that as early  as 2013 Narek Sargsyan, abusing the trust of one of the heirs of the  artist Martiros Saryan, took from him 14 sketches worth about 280  thousand dollars, promising to pay for them 28 thousand dollars. For  the remaining amount promised to jointly open a casino. After the  paintings were handed over to Sargsyan, he broke his promise, ignored  the demands of the artist's heir and did not return the paintings. On  the fact of the application, the Investigation Department of the  National Security Service instituted criminal proceedings on the  grounds of clause 1, part 3, art. 178 of the Criminal Code of Armenia  (fraud). Within the framework of the criminal case on July 4, a  search was carried out at the address of Narek Sargsyan's residence  permit, during which Martiros Saryan's paintings, 115 thousand  dollars, 27 thousand euros, expensive watches, a lot of gold coins,  ornaments were discovered, the legitimacy of which will be checked in  the criminal case . In the course of the search, Narek Sargsyan's  father, Alexander Sargsyan, reported that the pictures were allegedly  bought by him. He was interrogated in the investigation department of  the National Security Service regarding the circumstances of the  deal. In addition, he was faced with a confrontation with the  reporting person, who again stated that Narek Sargsyan had stolen the  drawings with deceit. After the search, Narek's brother - Hayk  Sargsyan was not invited to the National Security Service, he  participated in investigative activities in another law enforcement  agency. Searches were also carried out in the territories belonging  to Narek Sargsyan, as well as in his expensive cars. In one place in  a metal safe in the study, a container was found, in it - a substance  resembling a narcotic with a set of items for their consumption. "One  of the cars - Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 4matic in 2017 worth about 90  thousand dollars - the above person involved in questionable  transactions and known for his erratic habits, without hesitation  gave a friend," - said the National Security Service. Narek Sargsyan  and Artem Petrosyan were brought to the case as defendants and put on  the wanted list, arrest was chosen as a preventive measure against  them.