Son of owner of jewelry trading center in Yerevan suspected of drug  smuggling

ArmInfo. The son of the owner of  the specialized gold and silver jewelry trading center "World of  Gold" Artur Vagharshyan, possibly, was detained for the smuggling of  narcotic drugs. As the press service of the State Revenue Committee  of Armenia reported in response to the request of ArmInfo, on January  16, 2018 during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case  investigated by the Investigation Department of the department, Artur  Vagharshyan (formerly Abrahamyan) was detained on suspicion of  smuggling drugs through the state border of Armenia.

According to the information, on January 18, it was decided to  involve Arthur Vagharshian as an accused.  He was charged on the  grounds of clause 1, part 3, Article 267.1 and p.2, part 2 of the  Art. 268 of the RA Criminal Code. The court of general jurisdiction  of the administrative districts of Kentron and Nork- Marash granted  the investigator's request and arrest was chosen as a preventive  measure against Vagharshyan. Nevertheless, already on January 26 this  year  the lawyer's request for changing the measure of restraint was  satisfied by the court, and the accused was released. A preliminary  investigation into the case is ongoing.

At the same time, as reported by the Investigative Department of the  Committee, despite the information being circulated in the media,  Vagharsh Abrahamyan's wife, Nune Nalbandian, was not detained within  the investigation of the criminal case, and the search was not  conducted by the investigative body at the gold trade center.  Earlier, the media reported that the owner of the World of Gold  (Vosku Ashkhar) trade center Vagharsh Abrahamyan, his wife Nune  Nalbandyan, along with his son Arthur Abrahamyan, were detained for  smuggling marijuana, in particular, from the United States.