ArmInfo.On the basis of operational data, a 56-year-old citizen of the Republic of Armenia, wanted by law enforcement officers since 2001, has been identified by officers of the National Security Service of Armenia. According to the press service of the National Security Service, from December 2000 to December 2001, an armed gang of 9 people was operating in Armenia, periodically launching attacks on currency exchange offices, gas stations and shops, threatened money at risk. As a result of measures taken by law enforcement agencies, the gang was rendered harmless.
Based on the decisions of the courts, 5 members of this armed group were convicted, four escaped, one of them found out in 2009, and an international search was announced for the other three. A few days ago, the NSS officers received operational data that one of these three persons, previously convicted T. Kh., using data from another person suffering from mental disorders, changed the passport photo, and on the basis of falsified documents, subsequently received a Ukrainian passport with which he arrived at territory of the Republic of Armenia. On June 21, 2019, as a result of large-scale operational search activities undertaken by the National Security Service officers, this person was detected and brought to the administration building of the National Security Service.