Police officers in Armenia to undergo annual drug testing

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The Armenian authorities intend to introduce annual drug testing for law enforcement officers. The decision will be sealed in the new disciplinary code, which the head of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs will soon present.

Armenia will introduce annual drug testing for police officers. The relevant decision was announced on June 4 by the head of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, Arpine Sargsyan, at meetings of the standing parliamentary committees.

She noted that in the near future, she will publish a new disciplinary code for the police, which will provide for annual testing for the use of prohibited substances.