  Hunan Poghosyan: hard drugs are usually imported to Armenia from Iran December 17, 2010 - 17:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An upsurge of illegal drug and weapon trafficking has been reported over January –November 2010, senior deputy chief of Armenian Police, Major General Hunan Poghosyan stated. As he told a news conference in Yerevan, 1135 instances of illegal drug trafficking were reported in 2010, increasing last year’s data by 305 instances. 72 kg 534 gr. of drugs were confiscated. “Hard drugs are usually imported to Armenia from Iran,” Poghosyan noted. This year, 16% increase of illegal weapon trafficking was observed compared with 2009. 409 cases of illegal weapon trafficking were reported, with 976 weapon units turned in and confiscated.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
