Two persons have been arrested in the Armavir Regional Investigation Department of the RA Investigation Committee in connection with the criminal case on the poisoning of Armavir residents.

The Investigative Committee reported.

Earlier, we informed that a criminal case was initiated in the Armavir Regional Investigation Department of the RA Investigation Committee in accordance with Article 279, Part 3 of the RA Criminal Code (issuing or selling goods that do not meet safety requirements, performing works or providing services). Armavir resident Ashot Lendrush Hovsepyan, born in 1970, was arrested on suspicion of selling goods that did not meet safety requirements.

As a result of the investigative-judicial actions carried out in the criminal case, as well as the operative-investigative measures taken, these two persons were arrested as well.

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The Ministry of Health first announced on 1 September that we have 11 deaths, according to preliminary data, from “alcohol intoxication”. Later, the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Health informed that one of the deaths was registered for another reason.

The Investigative Committee urged all the citizens who had bought alcohol from Armavir resident Ashot Hovsepyan not to use it.

Notably, a criminal case has already been inquired into the incident.

Note: A person that is suspected or accused of an alleged crime is considered innocent until his/her guilt is proved by a court judgment that has come into legal effect pursuant to the procedure determined by RA Criminal Procedure Code.