Fourteen individuals have been arrested on suspicion of offering and accepting vote-buying bribes, authorities confirmed on Thursday.

Asked to comment on Strong Armenia party member Gohar Meloyan’s statement that her party members and supporters had been detained, the Investigative Committee told Armenpress that the individuals had been arrested as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.

Additional information will be released later, if necessary, the authorities said.

The Investigative Committee later released what it said was audio recordings of the Strong Armenia party members discussing vote buying in Artashat.