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Armenian Foreign Ministry confirms MP arrested in Dubai
Arminfo
21 Jan 05
YEREVAN
The Armenian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that MP Akop Akopyan has
been detained in the United Arab Emirates.
The Armenian ambassador to the UAE, Arman Poladyan, is currently
trying to find out the reasons for and circumstances of the incident,
the Foreign Ministry has told Arminfo. However, according to
unverified reports, Akop Akopyan, his son and friend were detained in
Dubai for stealing clothes from the Wafi shopping mall. The said
people took 24,000 dollars' worth of clothes, but paid only 16,000
dollars even though there were more than 100,000 dollars on their
credit card.
Several hours after the theft, Akop Akopyan and the people
accompanying him were detained at a hotel by the UAE police.
Akop Akopyan's friend is currently held in a remand facility, while
the MP and his son are held at a police station. An investigation is
under way.
The source said that Akop Akopyan's friends and relatives are trying
to have the deputy and the others freed with the help of the Armenian
Foreign Ministry.
Arminfo
21 Jan 05
YEREVAN
The Armenian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that MP Akop Akopyan has
been detained in the United Arab Emirates.
The Armenian ambassador to the UAE, Arman Poladyan, is currently
trying to find out the reasons for and circumstances of the incident,
the Foreign Ministry has told Arminfo. However, according to
unverified reports, Akop Akopyan, his son and friend were detained in
Dubai for stealing clothes from the Wafi shopping mall. The said
people took 24,000 dollars' worth of clothes, but paid only 16,000
dollars even though there were more than 100,000 dollars on their
credit card.
Several hours after the theft, Akop Akopyan and the people
accompanying him were detained at a hotel by the UAE police.
Akop Akopyan's friend is currently held in a remand facility, while
the MP and his son are held at a police station. An investigation is
under way.
The source said that Akop Akopyan's friends and relatives are trying
to have the deputy and the others freed with the help of the Armenian
Foreign Ministry.