ArmInfo. The National Security Service of Armenia has identified a criminal group that illegally acquired weapons from the battlefields in Karabakh.
In particular, as noted in the report of the NSS, a resident of Yerevan S.B., who went to Karabakh as a volunteer on September 27, 2020, with the prior consent of a number of persons, illegally acquired firearms that were exported from Artsakh to Armenia. After that, on November 3, 2020, he agreed to sell each machine for $ 500- $ 600. As a result of the measures taken by the NSS and the search conducted in the apartment of S. Kalashnikov assault rifles and other weapons prohibited for circulation were seized and confiscated.
As a result of the investigative actions taken to establish the identity of the person who sold the firearms S.B. as a defendant in the criminal case, a large number of cartridges, ammunition and weapons illegally obtained from the battlefields for sale were found in the hiding places of the village of Teg, Syunik region. So, during the search, 43 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a large number of cartridges of various calibers, knife blades, holsters for pistols, optical devices for aiming rifles, hunting rifles, 1 grenade, etc. were found. The National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia continues to carry out active operational-search measures to identify other possible weapons and ammunition, illegally exported from the battlefields to the territory of the Republic of Armenia, and to initiate criminal proceedings against all persons involved in this. At the same time, the RA National Security Service calls for the voluntary surrender of weapons, explosives or devices that were illegally exported during the hostilities or after the establishment of a ceasefire, which will allow the applicants to be released from liability.