YEREVAN. – On August 8, police criminal investigators apprehended a 26-year-old man in the vehicle he was driving on the Yerevan-Gyumri motorway, on suspicion of poaching, reported the press service of the Police of Armenia.

An air rifle was found in the car, and a wounded hawk—in its trunk.

The man said that he had hunted this bird in the fields of Horom village.

The rifle was confiscated, and the bird was taken to a safe place.

A report is being prepared on the incident.