Strong Armenia: Law enforcement finds no illegal items during Search  of Artur Avanesyan`s house

ArmInfo. Artur Avanesyan (Kandaz), a legendary Artsakh intelligence officer, holder of the Second Degree "Combat Cross" Order, and head of the Strong Armenia party's security team, has been detained by officers of Armenia's Anti-Corruption Committee on charges of bribery. Arega Hovsepyan, a member of the Strong Armenia party, shared this information.

She reported that Avanesyan was detained by law enforcement officers  around 8:00 a.m. local time.  According to Hovsepyan, searches were  conducted at the legendary intelligence officer's home and no items  related to the criminal proceedings were found. "Furthermore, no  prohibited items were found in his home. Avanesyan is a defendant in  an election bribery case and, naturally, pleads not guilty. We are  currently awaiting a decision on the date of the court hearing  regarding Avanesyan's pretrial detention," Hovsepyan said, adding  that Avanesyan has been detained and is a defendant.

"This is the face of Nikol Pashinyan's 'real Armenia,' who is  realizing the long-held dreams of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.  For 30 years, Aliyev was unable to detain Kandaz, but now the  Armenian authorities in Mother Armenia will do so," Hovsepyan  emphasized live on her Facebook page. She added that these steps will  not break the Strong Armenia movement, and that change is inevitable,  along with Samvel Karapetyan.

Earlier, the Anti-Corruption Committee announced that Avanesyan and  four others were detained in connection with the election bribery  case. According to the published report, the case was opened based on  Avanesyan's wiretapping. This isn't the first time opposition figures  have been detained based on wiretapping recordings. And there's no  information yet on whether these arrests were carried out legally,  after receiving court approval, or whether they were carried out in  violation of the law.