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POLICE RAID PREVENTED 'PLANNED ROBBERY' (VIDEO)
Tert.am
23.09.11
The police have prevented a purportedly planned robbery by a gang
group earlier this morning in Yerevan.
In a statement released later today, the police said that the gangs,
suspected of having carried out several robberies in Yerevan recently,
were planning another robbery before they were raided by the police
on Miasnikyan Avenue.
The perpetrators resisted to the police and even opened fire. The
police, however, succeeded in suppressing and neutralizing them,
the statement added.
Further it said the police arrested a total of 13 people under this
case and revealed large amounts of weapons and armament, as well as
tools apparently used in robberies.
One of the perpetrators died while attempting to escape. He has
been identified.
The police also dismissed reports that one of those arrested is the
son of a high-ranking official.
It also said that the son of the Head of the Special Investigations
Service was brought to the police station from the vicinities of
the Yerevan State University and within an operation to check up the
owners of several cars.
A criminal has been launched and investigation is underway.
Tert.am
23.09.11
The police have prevented a purportedly planned robbery by a gang
group earlier this morning in Yerevan.
In a statement released later today, the police said that the gangs,
suspected of having carried out several robberies in Yerevan recently,
were planning another robbery before they were raided by the police
on Miasnikyan Avenue.
The perpetrators resisted to the police and even opened fire. The
police, however, succeeded in suppressing and neutralizing them,
the statement added.
Further it said the police arrested a total of 13 people under this
case and revealed large amounts of weapons and armament, as well as
tools apparently used in robberies.
One of the perpetrators died while attempting to escape. He has
been identified.
The police also dismissed reports that one of those arrested is the
son of a high-ranking official.
It also said that the son of the Head of the Special Investigations
Service was brought to the police station from the vicinities of
the Yerevan State University and within an operation to check up the
owners of several cars.
A criminal has been launched and investigation is underway.