Armenian court sanctions arrests of former defense minister and weapon supplier

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01.10.2021, 11:27

A court in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan has sanctioned the arrest of former defense minister Davit Tonoyan and the owner of a company that supplied Armenia’s armed forces with weapons and ammunition Davit Galstayn.

Armenian court sanctions arrests of former defense minister and weapon supplier

YEREVAN, October 1, /ARKA/. A court in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan has sanctioned the arrest of former defense minister Davit Tonoyan and the owner of a company that supplied Armenia’s armed forces with weapons and ammunition Davit Galstayn.

Both men were detained on September 30 on charges of embezzling 2.28 billion drams (over $4.7 million).

Davit Tonoyan was appointed defense minister after the velvet revolution in 2018 that brought to power Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and held the position until after last year’s war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Davit Galstyan was earlier charged with breaching a $1 million contract by providing the defense ministry with ammunition designed for older and different artillery systems and was arrested in February, but was released four months later by Armenia’s Court of Appeals.

Earlier, Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said that Tonoyan and Galstyan were detained as part of a criminal investigation into abuse of office and official forgery committed by high-ranking military personnel.

According to the NSS, criminal proceedings were instituted also against a number of former and current high-ranking army officers on charges of abuse of power and official forgery, which entailed grave material consequences.

The NSS said the investigation was underway to reveal the entire criminal mechanism used by high-ranking military to steal money. --0--

Davit Tonoyan’s lawyer told hetq.am that they will appeal against the arrest at the Criminal Court of Appeal. -0-

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