Alleged Sydney gun-runner sexually tortured an unconscious teen for more than 10 hours, police say
Ararat Damirdjian, a 55-year-old Sydney man, has been charged with serious crimes including the sexual torture of a teenager and illegal firearms trafficking. Police discovered evidence of these crimes while investigating his involvement in organized crime and drug manufacturing.
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The case highlights the intersection of organized crime, illegal weapons trade, and violent predatory behavior in urban environments.
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An alleged Sydney gun-runner has been charged with filming the prolonged drugging and sexual torture of a teenage girl.
Ararat Damirdjian, 55, was arrested in April this year after the Australian Federal Police followed a digital trail of a man importing a pistol to a home on Cunningham Street, Telopea, in the city’s west.
Ararat Damirdjian has been charged with filming the prolonged drugging and sexual torture of a teenage girl. Fairfax Media The weapon, a $29 Chinese pistol that folds down into the size of a wallet, was imported under Damirdjian’s name but seized at the border, according to a police document released by the NSW Supreme Court.
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