31/10/2018 11:53
Case of arms delivery from USA to Armenia via post revealed: SRC official
On July 25 an unprecedented case has been revealed in Cargo complex, head of State Revenue Committee’s department on fighting against smuggling Vardan Vardanyan said at a news conference today, summing up the data for the first 10 months of the running year.
“In a postal delivery from the USA one Sig Sauer pistol, Rochester gun and Witness pistol were discovered. It means weaponry was delivered to Armenia from the USA via post. We did not have such precedent before,” he noted.
He said the case of smuggling weaponry to Armenia has been prevented and a criminal case has been filed.
He said the pistols were packaged in a way that the scan equipment did not show what it is inside. It raised the suspicion of the staff and the package was opened and the pistols were found.