The prosecutor has allowed initiating criminal proceedings against two Azerbaijani citizens – Agshin Babirov and Husein Akhundov – for illegally crossing the border the Republic of Armenia in a prior consent with a group of persons, hiding from customs control, smuggling of firearms and munitions across Armenia’s state border.
Charges have been presented under Article 469, Part 3, Clause 2 and Article 340, Part 2, Clause 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.
Detention has been chosen as a preventive measure.
Two Azerbaijani citizens crossed to the Armenian side earlier this month.
