SRC: All materials related to officials potentially involved in   smuggling  phones into submitted to competent investigative body

ArmInfo.  The RA State Revenue Committee has provided clarifications regarding the  information published by the newspaper Zhogovurd about the smuggling  of a large batch of cell phones into Armenia.

Earlier, the newspaper  reported that the phones were smuggled  through the Agarak checkpoint on the border with Iran. It was about   400 iPhones from Dubai, and Garnik Margaryan, head of the SRC's  Internal Security Department, oversaw the process.

 "First of all, we emphasize that the incident of undeclared goods  being imported into the Republic of Armenia through the Agarak  checkpoint, as described in the article, was only detected  thanks to  the control and risk management mechanisms  within the State Revenue  Committee. Based on these mechanisms appropriate official and legal  measures were immediately taken. The assertion of an attempt to  conceal the incident or "ensure illegal import" doesn't correspond to  reality and contradicts the logic of the facts themselves, as the  State Revenue Committee initiated an administrative investigation  into the violation of customs regulations in this case, and all  materials regarding the possible involvement of officials were  transferred to the competent investigative body in accordance with  established procedures.  The Committee will fully support the  investigation, regardless of the position held by any individual. At  the same time, we consider unfounded assumptions and insinuations  regarding personal and friendly ties of the Committee employees to be   unacceptable," the State Revenue Committee's clarification reads.