Monday, November 6 2017 22:00

ArmInfo. In the territory of the National Park "Dilijan" there was a criminal group engaged in illegal cutting of trees. This is stated in the message of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, received in ArmInfo.

During the investigation activities conducted in the criminal case,  initiated on the facts of illegal tree cutting in 2014-2017, in  protected areas of the state non-commercial organization "National  Park Dilijan", it was found that these cases were organized.  According to the factual data obtained during the investigation, it  was found that a 33-year-old resident of Dilijan with higher  education in 2014 was involved in the creation and management of an  organized criminal group engaged in cutting trees for the purpose of  selling wood. The latter gathered a group of people who cut trees for  money. According to the distribution of functions, from 2014 to  October 2017, a 33-year-old man in some protected areas of the  Haghartsin branch in the Dilijan National Park together with the  members of the criminal group carried out cuttings. The felled trees  were removed from the territory of the reserve on his car, and then  were sold as building materials and firewood. When comparing the  obtained evidence, a 33-year-old man was charged with part 3 of  Article 296 of the Criminal Code of Armenia. The man was arrested.  Another citizen was charged for direct participation in cutting down  trees. The investigation continues. Active investigative actions are  conducted to find out all the members of the criminal group and to  individualize the actions of each of them," the ministry said.