Armenian court jails two Azeri servicemen on charges of conspiracy to smuggle firearms, illegal border crossing

YEREVAN, APRIL 17, ARMENPRESS. The two Azerbaijani servicemen who were arrested in Armenia after illegally crossing the border have been remanded, prosecutors announced Monday.

The two servicemen, Azeri nationals Aghsin G. Babirov and Hussein A. Akhundov, are charged with conspiracy to illegally cross the state border of Armenia and conspiracy to smuggle firearms and ammunition.

The Criminal Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan approved the National Security Service investigators’ motion on jailing the two Azeri nationals pending trial.