The contract officer of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri who disappeared from the base on July 27 in the evening has been found. According to ArmInfo's sources at the military base, the officer was detained in the Republic Square in Yerevan approximately at 7:00pm local time and sent to Gyumri. The officer had no prohibited items with him when detained.
The search for the missing officer was organized by the relevant services of Armenia and Russia.
Earlier it was reported that the officer disappeared allegedly taking his weapon with him and shots were heard in Gyumri. However, Ashot Aharonyan, the head of the Police Department for Mass Media left a post on Facebook saying no weapon has been taken out of the 102nd military base. He refuted the reports about shots in Gyumri too.