Arrested Iranian national escapes during investigative procedure at Armenia’s State Revenue Committee

An arrested man escaped on November 6 from an administrative building of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) at 10 Isakov Avenue in Yerevan. The building houses the SRC’s Department of Customs Services and Control at Land Border Crossing Points and its Department of Customs Services and Control of Foreign Economic Activity.

Milad M., a 36-year-old Iranian citizen who had been brought to the building from Syunik Province, escaped during an investigative procedure carried out as part of the pretrial investigation in a criminal case.

The criminal case against him was opened in Syunik Province, and the Syunik Court of General Jurisdiction ordered him held in custody as a preventive measure.

The incident was reported to the Malatia Police Division.