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ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GANG NEUTRALIZED IN ARMENIA
news.am
Sept 23 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - An organized criminal gang suspected of committing several
serious crimes in the capital was neutralized early this morning,
the spokesperson for Armenia's Prosecutor General Sona Truzyan told
Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to her, the police possessed secret information that the
gang is planning a new crime. The criminals showed armed resistance
that was suppressed and the group disarmed. A large quantity of
ammunition was discovered and confiscated.
A criminal case was instituted under Article 316 (violence against
a government representative) and 235 (trafficking of arms and
ammunition). 13 citizens, allegedly gang members, have been detained.
According to Truzyan, rumors that sons of several high rank officials
have been detained are not true. Son of Deputy Chief of the Special
Investigation Service was detained later, near the building of Yerevan
State University, as a result of vehicle check. A group of other
people who were noticed near a vehicle presumably used by suspects
was also detained.
Truzyan said the son of Special Investigation Service Deputy Chief
is still in the Police.
"Investigation is underway, the results will be announced later,"
said the spokesperson for Prosecutor General.
Yerevan has been actively discussing the morning police operation and
neutralization of the criminal group. According to circulating rumors,
sons of famous people might be implicated in it. The names of Judge
Tigran Sahakyan's son, the son of a Defense Ministry Investigation
Service official and the son of Special Investigation Service Deputy
Chief Marsel Matevosyan were particularly common in this discourse.
As reported earlier, the alleged gang members tried to escape on
Mercedes-Benz vehicle with plate numbers of 60 OO 086 but failed and
crashed into a pole. In a futile attempt to escape on foot one of them
fell off a cliff and crashed. His identity is already established as
49-year-old Gurgen Hayrapetyan.
It is assumed that the criminal group is the one that recently
attacked the houses of several famous people, in particular the
mansion of former director of Lincy foundation programs and current
vice-chairman of Yerevandorstroy LCC Eduard Bezoyan and the house of
former MP Napoleon Azizyan.
news.am
Sept 23 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - An organized criminal gang suspected of committing several
serious crimes in the capital was neutralized early this morning,
the spokesperson for Armenia's Prosecutor General Sona Truzyan told
Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to her, the police possessed secret information that the
gang is planning a new crime. The criminals showed armed resistance
that was suppressed and the group disarmed. A large quantity of
ammunition was discovered and confiscated.
A criminal case was instituted under Article 316 (violence against
a government representative) and 235 (trafficking of arms and
ammunition). 13 citizens, allegedly gang members, have been detained.
According to Truzyan, rumors that sons of several high rank officials
have been detained are not true. Son of Deputy Chief of the Special
Investigation Service was detained later, near the building of Yerevan
State University, as a result of vehicle check. A group of other
people who were noticed near a vehicle presumably used by suspects
was also detained.
Truzyan said the son of Special Investigation Service Deputy Chief
is still in the Police.
"Investigation is underway, the results will be announced later,"
said the spokesperson for Prosecutor General.
Yerevan has been actively discussing the morning police operation and
neutralization of the criminal group. According to circulating rumors,
sons of famous people might be implicated in it. The names of Judge
Tigran Sahakyan's son, the son of a Defense Ministry Investigation
Service official and the son of Special Investigation Service Deputy
Chief Marsel Matevosyan were particularly common in this discourse.
As reported earlier, the alleged gang members tried to escape on
Mercedes-Benz vehicle with plate numbers of 60 OO 086 but failed and
crashed into a pole. In a futile attempt to escape on foot one of them
fell off a cliff and crashed. His identity is already established as
49-year-old Gurgen Hayrapetyan.
It is assumed that the criminal group is the one that recently
attacked the houses of several famous people, in particular the
mansion of former director of Lincy foundation programs and current
vice-chairman of Yerevandorstroy LCC Eduard Bezoyan and the house of
former MP Napoleon Azizyan.