YEREVAN. - We will inform about further actions related to Narek Sargsyan within the framework of the investigation. Acting Chief of Police of Armenia Arman Sargsyan told this to reporters today.

"I can only say that he is currently in penitentiary," Sargsyan added.

As reported earlier, Narek Sargsyan, the nephew of third President Serzh Sargsyan, was extradited from the Czech Republic to Armenia today.

On June 26, 2018, a criminal case was initiated by the National Security Service under the Criminal Code articles on illegally acquiring, selling, possessing, carrying, transporting, or possessing weapons, ammunition, explosives, or explosive devices, and of narcotics, psychotropic, and psychotropic substances for the purpose of selling or preparing for illicit circulation or for the purposes of illicit sale thereof.

On July 6, Narek Sargsyan was declared wanted, and on July 24, he was declared wanted at an international level. Police, as well as the Interpol National Bureau in the Republic of Armenia, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies and Interpol in a number of European countries, had found Narek Sargsyan on December 6, in Prague.

The investigation of the criminal case is ongoing.