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.