Armenia’s National Security Service officers discovered large amount of weapons and ammunition during the inspection conducted in the 1 March, 2008, case.

On August 6 and 7, Armenia’s National Security Service officers accompanied by investigators of the Special Investigation Service conducted searches in the factory de-facto owned by Armenia’s former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, registered in the name of Ambik Gevorgyan, and found large amount of weapons and ammunition, including 7 AK-74 assault rifles, 2 SVD sniper rifle, and other weapons.

Ambik Gevorgyan and Hovik Abrahamyan’s brother Henrik Abrahamyan are charged with illegal possession of weapons.

The law enforcers are taking collaborative operative-investigation actions to check whether the weapons had any relation to the March 1 events.