NUMBER OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES DECLINES IN FIRST QUARTER COMPARED WITH
SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR
YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. During the first quarter of 2005, the
number of criminal offences made 1,320, which constitutes a decline
compared with the same period of last year (1,507). Head of the RA
Police Criminal Investigation Department Hayk Militosian stated at the
April 8 meeting with reporters that the number of murders also
declined – 9 cases compared with 16 murders registered in the first
quarter of 2004. At the meeting, which was organized by the NGO Femida
with the European Commission’s sponsorship, the department head also
noted that the crime detection is high – 91-92% of the crimes are
discovered. According to H. Militosian, considerable work has been
done to find hidden arms and ammunition. The operation Arsenal is
underway, as a result of which a large number of arms have already
been found. The speaker indicated that during the first quarter, 74
weapons were confiscated and 162 ones were handed over. 612 various
types of ammunition, 32.9 kg of explosives, 505 m of detonator, as
well as 38,522 cartridges of different types were either confiscated
or handed over voluntarily.