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    ILLEGAL DRUG CIRCULATION IN ARMENIA HAS DOUBLED

    Tert.am
    11.02.11

    Some 1524 cases of illegal drug circulation were registered in Armenia
    last year which resulted in the confiscation of around 127 kg of
    various drugs, the Deputy Prosecutor General Aram Tamazyan said at
    an extended session at the Prosecutor General's Office on Friday.

    Tamazyan also said that the amount of drugs confiscated in 2009 was
    around 57 kg.

    According to him, the revelation of such cases, as well as the
    effectiveness of the investigation of such cases was improved largely
    due to the launching of the special department that deals with the
    crimes of this type.

    "Thanks to the personal initiative of the head of this department
    and the timely measures taken on February 8, 2010, 7 kg of heroine
    and 5 kg of opium, smuggled to Armenia from US and worth of $2m,
    was revealed and confiscated," Tamazyan said.

    Further, he said that the prosecutors sent 47 criminal cases to the
    court in 2010. Those cases involved 114 citizens, Tamazyan added.

    He also said that the number of the drug users is increasing year
    by year, adding that last year 21 women were charged with illegal
    circulation of drugs.




    From: A. Papazian
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