“The minister’s son had attempted to smuggle drugs at the border, by keeping them in different parts of his body, but he was caught.
“The Kapan [city] police have detained Vardanyan [junior]; now, the case has been transferred to the capital city [
“Zhoghovurd ascertained that Yuri Vardanyan is trying ‘not to get involved’ in the incident with his son, to avoid public attention and criticisms.
“We attempted to verify the information from the Sport and Youth Affairs minister’s spokesperson. But the latter said he was not aware of such information.
‘“The minister was busy, he is in meetings, [and] I could not verify anything,’” Zhoghovurd writes.
