Ex military commander Samvel Babayan sentenced to 6 years for arms trafficking

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. The final court hearing of former military commander Samvel Babayan took place November 28 in a Yerevan Court.

Babayan was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment.

Other defendants in the case were sentenced to 2 years, and another one for 2 years and 6 months.

Three others will be paroled.

Babayan was accused in organizing the illegal acquisition and possession of a shoulder launcher IGLA type missile system, along with several other co-conspirators.

Four others were accused for assisting in the crime.