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YEREVAN, MAY 24, ARMENPRESS. The addressee of the 1 ton of cocaine that was seized by Armenian authorities was a well-known banana importing company, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told lawmakers in parliament.
“The National Security Service has made the first arrest in this case moments ago,” Pashinyan said.
“The addressee of that 1 ton of cocaine was a well known banana importing company, owned by a former Member of Parliament, who is now a fugitive, if I’m not mistaken from the Republican Party,” Pashinyan said, emphasizing that the presumption of innocence shouldn’t be violated.
The NSS reported the first on May 24.
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