Armenian NSS detains career army officers on charges of espionage and high treason (video)

According to an NSS press release, the officer was recruited by foreign secret services and undertook to collect and transfer to them state and official secret information.

The NSS said for a reward of $1,400 he collected and transferred to foreign special services the telephone numbers of his former fellow students who graduated from a military academy abroad, the phone numbers of officers in charge of the missile and artillery department, as well as information about the staff of a military unit, the number of missile systems of the same unit, losses of military equipment during the 44-day war in 2020, location of missile and artillery systems, places of military exercises, military equipment used and the names of senior officers who took part in the exercises.

Moreover, the officer who was deputy commander of a missile battery during the 44-day war had not ordered effective and targeted strikes (against the enemy) and for a long time had not taken measures to camouflage the missile equipment, due to which the system was detected and hit by an enemy drone.

It also turned out that after the end of the 44-day war he continued cooperation with foreign special services and provided them with information about the quantity and types of imported weapons and military equipment for a reward.

The detained officer who had a security clearance level collected combat maps of the military unit with secret markings for a reward of $8000, but failed to transfer them to the enemy as was uncovered and detained by the NSS on April 20, 2022. According to NSS, the officer confessed to the above-mentioned crimes.

A person suspected or accused of an alleged crime is considered innocent until proven guilty according to a court ruling, which has entered into legal force, under the procedure prescribed by the Armenian Criminal Procedure Code. -0-