Armenia`s former Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer Mihran  Poghosyan will soon be extradited from Russia

ArmInfo.Armenia's former Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer, Major General Mihran Poghosyan, was  detained in Moscow. This was reported by Mash, a Russian online news media that is part of the News Media holding.

Deputy Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer of the Compulsory  Enforcement Service of Judicial acts of the Ministry of Justice He is  wanted in Armenia for crimes under nine articles.

According to media reports, the official was stopped by traffic  police officers yesterday afternoon on Tverskaya Street. He had a  refugee ID with him. The central office of the Armenian police has  already been informed about his detention, and Mihran will be  extradited from the Russian Federation in the near future.  At the  same time, the Russian side previously rejected the request to send  Poghosyan to Armenia.

In Russia, Mihran is engaged in wholesale trade of products, cargo  transportation, car rental and leasing. In Armenia, among other  things, Poghosyan is accused of tax evasion in the amount of $1.3  million through illegal entrepreneurship. And on May 17, a TON of  cocaine worth 250 million euros was intercepted in the republic,  which was brought by a company importing Ecuadorian fruits. The ban  was intended for the banana supply company, which is owned by, you  guessed it, Poghosyan.

Poghosyan is wanted for crimes under nine criminal articles. - He is  accused of legalizing especially large amounts of property obtained  through criminal means (money laundering), embezzlement of especially  large amounts of entrusted property (five episodes), using official  position to commit large amounts of waste, abuse of official powers  (two episodes) and exceeding official powers. He is also involved in  the "cocaine case" in connection with the detention by the National  Security Service of the Republic of Armenia (May 17 of this year -  ed. note) of 1 ton of cocaine, which was brought into the republic by  a company importing fruit from Ecuador. It was noted that a giant  shipment of drugs (its value is estimated at approximately 250  million euros) entered 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 of the Republic of Armenia  Nikol Pashinyan said 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 member of the National Assembly, now on the international  wanted list. The next day, Mihran Poghosyan issued a statement saying  that he had personally warned the director of the NSS about the  illegal supply of a large amount of cocaine to Armenia.