National security bodies of Armenia the other day prevented a contraband import of a large amount of silver. As reported by the press center of the National Security Service of Armenia, with the assistance of custom control inspector of the Yerevan airport Garnik Hayrapetian Yerevan resident Anush Kirakosian, who arrived by flight Istanbul-Yerevan, had tried to convey silver plate weighing 27 kg of a total cost of $7 million 700 thousand, mentioning them in the declaration as items made of non-precious metals. The investigation on the criminal case is being held by the National Security Service of Armenia.