The RoA Office of the Public Prosecutor reports that Harutyun Hovhannisyan, company commander of the RoA Police Division of Implementation of Veterinary, Anti-epidemic and Quarantine Measures, has been charged with bribe taking. The preliminary investigation uncovered that Mr. Hovhannisyan demanded 961,700 AMD ($2,500) from A. Tovmasyan the commander of the second division and to confer him with the rank of officer. The money was given to H. Hovhannisyan on October 26, 2009 at about 10 a.m. in A. Tovmasyan’s office. Mr. Hovhannisyan has been taken into pre-trial detention.