Tuesday, May 30 2023 19:00

ArmInfo.Mihran Poghosyan, the former Chief of the Service of Compulsory Enforcement Service, former  member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the Republican Party of Armenia, has been put on the wanted list in the "cocaine case", the National Security Service of Armenia reports.

So, according to the information, a criminal prosecution was launched  in relation to the owner of Mrgeni LLC M.P., the director of the same  company L.A. and warehouse manager S.G. on suspicion of smuggling and  selling drugs in especially large volumes as part of a group by prior  conspiracy. L.A. and S.G. arrested, and M.P. put on the wanted list.

It is noted that large-scale and diverse operational-search and  procedural actions continue aimed at revealing the full picture of  the crimes committed, identifying other defendants in the case,  initiating public criminal prosecutions against them and, as a  result, effectively implementing the principle of the inevitability  of criminal liability.

On May 17, the National Security Service of Armenia announced the  detention of 1 ton of cocaine, which was brought to the republic by a  company that imports fruits from Ecuador. A giant consignment of  drugs (its value is estimated at about 250 million euros) came to the  republic in transit through Panama, Italy and Georgia.

On May 24, from the rostrum of the National Assembly of the Republic  of Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that, according to  preliminary data, the recipient of cocaine in Armenia was supposed to  be a well-known company in Armenia engaged in the supply of bananas,  the owner of which is a former member of the National Assembly, who  is currently on the international wanted list (Mihran Poghosyan - ed.  note).

The next day, Mihran Poghosyan issued a statement stating that he had  personally warned the director of the National Security Service about  illegal shipments of a large consignment of cocaine to Armenia.

On May 29, Poghosyan posted a corresponding video showing how  packages of drugs are found in another batch of bananas that arrived  at the warehouse of the Mrgeni company.