CRIMINAL GANG HARMING RUSSIA’S DEFENSE CAPACITY NEUTRALIZED

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Nov 29 2006

Russian law enforcement bodies managed to neutralize criminal gang
harming defense capacity of the country, APA reports.

Armenian citizens headed the gang, trying to sell rocket fuel with
platinum content by 1m rubles. The gang was engaged in stealing
strategic materials used in the production of rockets in defense
industry enterprises. The gang was especially engaged in taking
platinum out of rocket fuel and selling a gram of it by $26 in black
market. Volgograd resident Eduard Kobelyan and Armenian resident
Karen Akopyan headed the gang. The gang activists Alik Melikyan and
Alisan Azatyan were also arrested. 32 bottles of acid with 4.5 kg
platinum in content were confiscated from the arrested. They had
planned to sell them by 1.5m rubles in black market.50kg of jewelry
and 1m rubles were confiscated during the search in the Armenians’
house. Criminal case was launched against Armenian criminals on the
article illegal turnover of valuable metals.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress