Samvel Karapetyan, leader of Armenia’s Strong Armenia party, has been detained again.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports, citing Sputnik Armenia, that National Security Service officers took Karapetyan away through the back entrance of his home.
Searches were conducted at the homes of Samvel Karapetyan and Narek Karapetyan, head of the Strong Armenia parliamentary faction, from the morning of November 4. According to Armenia’s Investigative Committee, searches are being carried out simultaneously at 65 addresses as part of a criminal case involving economic crimes and smuggling.
Armenia’s Investigative Committee is searching the homes of Samvel Karapetyan, head of the Tashir Group of Companies and chairman of the opposition Strong Armenia party, and his nephew Narek Karapetyan, a member of parliament and head of the Strong Armenia faction.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports, citing Interfax, that Strong Armenia party spokeswoman Aghavni Sukiasyan said on social media that the searches began on the morning of November 4.
“Early this morning, investigators from Armenia’s Investigative Committee began searching the homes of Samvel Karapetyan and Narek Karapetyan. Searches are also being conducted at other addresses linked to the Karapetyan family,” she said.
