Illegal import of 100 banking cards to Armenia preventedMay 27, 2009 - 20:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Illegal import of 100 banking cards to Armenia was prevented in Zvartnots international airport in Yerevan by agents of Smuggling Prevention and Customs Control Administration at State Income Committee.Banking cards, smuggled into Armenia were addressed to 20year-old Yerevan resident Lusine Shakhazizyan. To avoid customs control, cards were attached to magazine papers. After operative data was sent in, banking cards were discovered during customs examination of a package sent from USA and confiscated. Examination of banking cards of American Express, Capital One, CITIBANK, CHASE and other American banking systems, proved them to be false. The case was submitted to National Security Service, and a criminal case instigated. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Lemkin Institute urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. |