The police received reliable information that two 39-year-old Yerevan residents were illegally storing weapons and ammunition in a house in Yeghvard town of Armenia, and criminal proceedings were launched in this regard, the police inform Armenian News-NEWS.am.

On October 18, officers of a number of law enforcement agencies searched, under court order, a house in Yeghvard.

As a result, two pistols with loaded bullets, one firearm with loaded bullets, an automatic rifle cartridge box with loaded bullets, bulletproof vests, marijuana, etc. were found.

The two aforesaid Yerevan residents and their 33-year-old friend, who is a foreign citizen, were apprehended in the abovementioned house and handed to the investigative body.

They have been arrested and taken to a penitentiary.

The investigation is in progress.