Judicial process on the case of espionage in favour of Azerbaijan
starts in Yerevan

2010-01-22 12:56:00

ArmInfo. Judicial process on the case of espionage in favour of
Azerbaijan starts in Yerevan court of Avan and Nork Marash
communities.

As it was informed earlier, it was proved during the investigation,
carried out by the Investigation Department of Armenia’s National
Security Service, that a citizen of Armenia, former employee of
Armenia’s Defense Ministry, Gevork Hayrapetyan, was enrolled by the
Azerbaijani special services in April, 2009 and, according to the task
received, he gathered and transferred secret information about the
fighting efficiency and defense capacity of Armenia’s Armed Forces, as
well as some information to carry out an anti-Armenian propaganda.
Hayrapetyan received the last task from a citizen of Iran, an
Azerbaijani by nationality, Bekhham Jafar Fadeh Bageri, who arrived in
Armenia on September 1. The photo of an employee o the Azerbaijani
special services, well-known to Hayrapetyan, served a conventional
sign for the meeting held at Hayrapetyan’s home, where they exchanged
tasks and materials. The materials transferred were found out at
Bageri when he underwent control at Karchevan check-point in Meghri.
Arms and ammunition were found out in Hayrapetyan’s house during the
search.

A charge was brought against G. Hayrapetyan based on the proofs
obtained, according to p. 1 Article 299 (state treason via espionage)
and p. 1 Article 235 (illegal storage of arms and ammunition) of
Criminal Code of Armenia. Bageri was accused according to Article 302
(espionage by a citizen of a foreign state) of Armenia’s CC.