Armenian police detain a man suspected of robbing 3 branches of credit organization in Yerevan

YEREVAN, January 22. /ARKA/. Police in Yerevan have detained a man who is suspected of robbing three offices of a credit organization in the city. The latest robbery of varks.am organization was yesterday when the man stole about 1.18 million drams (more than $2.4 thousand).

According to the police, the person, identified as Adam Baghdasaryan, was tracked down and detained on Abovyan Street in Yerevan.

The 29 year-old man, a resident of the Armenian capital, stole about 1.5 million drams (more than $3 thousand) from varks.am office on Alabyan Street and about 1.8 million drams (more than $3.7 thousand) from a branch in Davtashen administrative district.-0-

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