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ARMENIAN CUSTOMS CHIEF MAY HAVE SMUGGLED DIAMONDS
Israel Diamond Portal
April 4 2013
The chief of Armenia's Department of Customs Control at Yerevan
International Airport has been arrested by the country's Special
Investigation Service on suspicion of having aided the smuggling
of diamonds into the country, Diamond Intelligence reports. Arsen
Papazian and another man have been arrested.
Armenia's customs authority said in a statement that a shipment of
diamonds, weighing over 2,700 carats in total, came into the country a
month ago but was not declared. Whether the stones were rough diamonds
or polished diamonds was not specified in the press release. Papazian
is alleged to have aided and abetted the entry of the non-declared
diamonds, which originated in the United Arab Emirates, according to
Diamond Intelligence.
http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/english/News.aspx?boneID=918&objID=12798
From: A. Papazian
Israel Diamond Portal
April 4 2013
The chief of Armenia's Department of Customs Control at Yerevan
International Airport has been arrested by the country's Special
Investigation Service on suspicion of having aided the smuggling
of diamonds into the country, Diamond Intelligence reports. Arsen
Papazian and another man have been arrested.
Armenia's customs authority said in a statement that a shipment of
diamonds, weighing over 2,700 carats in total, came into the country a
month ago but was not declared. Whether the stones were rough diamonds
or polished diamonds was not specified in the press release. Papazian
is alleged to have aided and abetted the entry of the non-declared
diamonds, which originated in the United Arab Emirates, according to
Diamond Intelligence.
http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/english/News.aspx?boneID=918&objID=12798
From: A. Papazian