Number of crimes increases in Lori

VANADZOR, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: About 768 crimes have been registered in the Armenian province of Lori in the first half of the 2010. Head of the Lori police department Anubakh Hambaryan told Armenpress that these cases make the 9,9% of the crimes registered in the republic during the same period. In the first half of the past year 651 crimes were registered in the province.

The 147 crimes have been considered averagely grave, 171 grave, 4 extremely grave. The three were committed with the usage of weapon. The number of revealed crimes increased by 18,6%. Hambaryan agreed the increase of the number of crimes with the circumstance that the 67 of them were committed last year but were registered in 2010.