SEVERAL POLICEMEN OF GYUMRI EXPOSED FOR BRIBE TAKING
Noyan Tapan
http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=116320
Au g 7, 2008
GYUMRI, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of operative measures
taken by employees of the RA Police Main Department for Fight against
Organized Crime (MDFOC) and the National Security Service (NSS), chief
district inspector of the preventive unit of the police department of
the city of Gyumri, Major Seyran Petrosian was exposed based on the
fact of taking bribes. It was found out that S. Petrosian - through
the following persons: section commander of the patrol service of
the indicated police department Sargis Parsamian and policemen of
the patrol company Hovhannes Grigorian and Grigor Hayrapetian -
recurrently extorted bribes of large amounts from citizens selling
goods and conducting an illegal sale and purchase of foreign currency
in the central market of Gyumri.
After making a search in the small house that served as an office
for the above mentioned policemen in the market, the MDFOC and NSS
employees found written records about various persons, as well as three
copy-books, in which since 2007 the policemen have written data on
goods sellers, with a "plus" or "minus" sign being put against their
names by days, from which those who paid or not paid money can be seen.
At the same time Seyran Petrosian took out 412 thousand drams from
his pocket and presented it to law enforcers. It came to light that
Gevorg Hakobian, an expert of the Gyumri municipality's trade and
service unit, was also extorting money from market sellers.
According to a press release of the RA Police PR and Information
Department, several Gyumri residents engaged in an illegal exchange
of foreign currency in the market: Ashot Antonian, Norayr Sahakian,
Rubik Khachatrian, Robert Poladian, Ara Grigorian, Vardan Yaghubian and
Ashot Khurshudian were revealed. They presented to the law enforcers
the money they had for conducting an exchange of currency: 3,967,000
drams, 3,807 USD, 1,995 euros and 183,050 rubles. Based on the
prepared materials, a criminal case was opened by the NSS Investigation
Department under Article 311 part 3 of the RA Criminal Code.
Policemen Seyran Petrosian, Sargis Parsamian and Hovhannes Grigorian
have been arrested.
Noyan Tapan
http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=116320
Au g 7, 2008
GYUMRI, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of operative measures
taken by employees of the RA Police Main Department for Fight against
Organized Crime (MDFOC) and the National Security Service (NSS), chief
district inspector of the preventive unit of the police department of
the city of Gyumri, Major Seyran Petrosian was exposed based on the
fact of taking bribes. It was found out that S. Petrosian - through
the following persons: section commander of the patrol service of
the indicated police department Sargis Parsamian and policemen of
the patrol company Hovhannes Grigorian and Grigor Hayrapetian -
recurrently extorted bribes of large amounts from citizens selling
goods and conducting an illegal sale and purchase of foreign currency
in the central market of Gyumri.
After making a search in the small house that served as an office
for the above mentioned policemen in the market, the MDFOC and NSS
employees found written records about various persons, as well as three
copy-books, in which since 2007 the policemen have written data on
goods sellers, with a "plus" or "minus" sign being put against their
names by days, from which those who paid or not paid money can be seen.
At the same time Seyran Petrosian took out 412 thousand drams from
his pocket and presented it to law enforcers. It came to light that
Gevorg Hakobian, an expert of the Gyumri municipality's trade and
service unit, was also extorting money from market sellers.
According to a press release of the RA Police PR and Information
Department, several Gyumri residents engaged in an illegal exchange
of foreign currency in the market: Ashot Antonian, Norayr Sahakian,
Rubik Khachatrian, Robert Poladian, Ara Grigorian, Vardan Yaghubian and
Ashot Khurshudian were revealed. They presented to the law enforcers
the money they had for conducting an exchange of currency: 3,967,000
drams, 3,807 USD, 1,995 euros and 183,050 rubles. Based on the
prepared materials, a criminal case was opened by the NSS Investigation
Department under Article 311 part 3 of the RA Criminal Code.
Policemen Seyran Petrosian, Sargis Parsamian and Hovhannes Grigorian
have been arrested.