ArmInfo. The head of one of the passport offices received a bribe for getting a driver's license.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, as part of the criminal case being investigated by the NSS investigation department, it turned out that the senior inspector of the Sevan registration and examination department of the Traffic Police received from three persons, including from the head of the passport department of Martuni bribes ranging from 120 thousand AMDto 200 thousand AMD for providing driver's licenses. In all three cases, the bribe was transferred in an indirect form, and in one case the head of the Sevan Passport Department of the Passport and Visa Department of the RA Police was also involved.
During the preliminary investigation, charges were brought against five more persons, including the head of the Martuni passport office - in part 1 of article 312 (giving a bribe to an official), and the head of the Sevan passport office - in part 1 of article 313 (mediation in bribery) of the RA Criminal Code. As a preventive measure in relation to these persons, a recognizance not to leave was chosen; the performance by these persons of official duties is temporarily suspended. The investigation continues.