NUMBER OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY USING FIRE-ARMS INCREASES BY FIVE IN 2006 IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Feb 08 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The number of crimes committed
by using fire-arms increased by five or 6.2% in 2006 in Armenia as
compared with the previous year. Deputy Chief of RA Police, Hovhannes
Hunanian reported this at the February 7 press conference. It was
mentioned that 180 cases of making and illegal circulation of arms
and ammunition were registered in 2006 (in 2005 219). In total,
last year police bodies confiscated 181 units of fire-arms (in 2005
175), 126 units of explosives (in 2005 174), 11 523 cartridges (in
2005 13 397). Thanks to explanatory work among population, 264 units
of fire-arms (in 2005 388), 802 units of explosives (in 2005 1480)
and 48 669 cartridges were voluntarily handed over in 2006.