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CRIMINAL GROUP ENGAGED IN SMUGGLING HAS BEEN RENDERED HARMLESS, RA NSS REPORTS
Noyan Tapan
http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=116319
Au g 7, 2008
YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The employees of the RA National
Security Service (NSS) revealed a criminal group engaged in smuggling
and blocked a constantly functioning route for smuggling goods,
NT was informed by the NSS press service.
The group was headed by director of Gvarzin LLC, resident of the
village of Ptghavan (Noyemerian region) Yura Harutyunian who was
engaged in the import of goods from Turkey into Armenia via Edik
Evinian organization. Goods were smuggled into Armenia with the use of
three methods: in one case, goods were taken to a Georgian area near
the border village of Deghdzavan in Tavush marz (Armenia), then loaded
into several small trucks and smuggled by bypasses into Armenia at
night. In some cases, small consignments of goods were transported to
Armenia through shallow places in the Debed River or in small boats. In
the third case, the group used to conceal the real number of imported
goods and register only some of the goods by forging the documents.
The invetigators revealed that in the past 6 months the group
imported 895 tons of goods into Armenia without customs control,
causing considerable damage to the Armenian economy.
The criminal group of Y. Harutyunian included employees of the RA
Police Noyemberian Unit and the NSS frontier troops who ensured "safe"
transportation of goods, as well as officials of the RA State Customs
Service who used to register goods by forged documents.
5 persons have already been arrested in the criminal case opened under
Article 215 part 1 of the RA Criminal Code by the RA NSS Investigation
Department. Operative investigation measures are being taken.
Noyan Tapan
http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=116319
Au g 7, 2008
YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The employees of the RA National
Security Service (NSS) revealed a criminal group engaged in smuggling
and blocked a constantly functioning route for smuggling goods,
NT was informed by the NSS press service.
The group was headed by director of Gvarzin LLC, resident of the
village of Ptghavan (Noyemerian region) Yura Harutyunian who was
engaged in the import of goods from Turkey into Armenia via Edik
Evinian organization. Goods were smuggled into Armenia with the use of
three methods: in one case, goods were taken to a Georgian area near
the border village of Deghdzavan in Tavush marz (Armenia), then loaded
into several small trucks and smuggled by bypasses into Armenia at
night. In some cases, small consignments of goods were transported to
Armenia through shallow places in the Debed River or in small boats. In
the third case, the group used to conceal the real number of imported
goods and register only some of the goods by forging the documents.
The invetigators revealed that in the past 6 months the group
imported 895 tons of goods into Armenia without customs control,
causing considerable damage to the Armenian economy.
The criminal group of Y. Harutyunian included employees of the RA
Police Noyemberian Unit and the NSS frontier troops who ensured "safe"
transportation of goods, as well as officials of the RA State Customs
Service who used to register goods by forged documents.
5 persons have already been arrested in the criminal case opened under
Article 215 part 1 of the RA Criminal Code by the RA NSS Investigation
Department. Operative investigation measures are being taken.