The preventive measure of arrest to be applied against Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) faction MP Manvel Grigoryan.

The decision was made by Court of General Jurisdiction of First Instance of Avan and Nor-Nork Administrative Districts.

Grigoryan is charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition as well as embezzlement on a massive scale.

Earlier Armenia's National Assembly has approved with 77 votes “for” and 3 “against” Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan’s petition to place Grigoryan under arrest.

The decision came after the National Security Service disseminated footage in which food, medicine, and personal hygiene products which Armenia’s schoolchildren and other individuals had sent for military servicemen as assistance were discovered at the summer residence of General Manvel Grigoryan.

Grigoryan was detained a day earlier, and within the framework of the criminal case that was filed into the finding of illegal weapons and ammunition in his summer residence. Subsequently, he was charged with embezzlement too.