IC opens criminal case on fact of waste discharge from tailing dump of Akhtala Mining and Processing Plant CJSC into Debed River

ARMINFO
Armenia – July 28 2022
Naira Badalian

ArmInfo.The Investigation Department of Lori Region of the RA Investigative Committee is investigating all the circumstances of the discharge from the tailing  dump of the Akhtala Mining and Processing Plant CJSC into the Debed  River.

According to the press service of the investigative body, the  incident was reported from the Lori regional department of the  Inspection Body for Nature Protection and Mineral Resources of the  Republic of Armenia. There was a reported discharge from the  abovementioned company's tailings into the Debed River in the Akhtala  community.

A group of investigators from the RA Investigative Committee left for  the scene. <Considering that the circumstances indicated in the  signal contain legal grounds and a reason for initiating criminal  proceedings, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of part 1  of Article 375 of the RA Criminal Code. A preliminary investigation  is underway," the statement said.