BODYGUARDS OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY KHACHATUR SUKIASIAN ARRESTED
Noyan Tapan
Feb 28, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Two bodyguards of the RA National
Assembly deputy Khachatur Sukiasian – Arsen Asatrian, 30, and Marat
Baghdasarian, 34, who were on February 24 detained by police at the
crossroads of Manukian and Vardanants Streets in Yerevan, have been
arrested, the RA police press service reported.
According to a previous press release of the RA police, the above
mentioned persons were searched, as a result of which policemen
seized M. Baghdasarian’s 22 cm clasp-knife with a 10 cm blade and
A. Asatrian’s "Sfera" bullet-proof jacket.
To recap, along with the above mentioned persons, another 8 persons and
3 cars were detained. One of the persons had a "Sfera" bullet-proof
jacket, another carried a 17.5 cm knife with a 7.5-cm blade: these
items were seized.
The following items were found in the cars: a Beretta pistol loaded
with 15 9-mm cartridges, a Saiga MK rifle with 4 chargers loaded with
35 cartridges, 39 "Wolf" 7.62mm cartridges, a folding rifle butt,
a pistol holster, three S-5420 radio communication devices, a 18-cm
knife with a 9-cm blade, a Jamaica bullet-proof jacket, 3 gas-masks.