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Around AMD 50 million in damages recovered from individuals and legal entities engaged in illegal subsoil use

Around AMD 50 million in damages recovered from individuals and legal entities engaged in illegal subsoil use

ArmInfo.  As a result of the intervention of the Ararat Region Prosecutor’s Office, damages amounting to approximately 50 million drams were recovered from individuals and legal entities engaged in the illegal use of subsoil. The press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia reports.

The report notes that in the third quarter of 2026, the Investigative Committee of the Ararat Region initiated 7 criminal cases over violations by individuals and legal entities of the requirements of the republic’s legislation on the conservation and use of subsoil and causing damage to soil, the use of groundwater without a water-use permit, as well as engaging in illegal entrepreneurial activity.

As part of the criminal proceedings, as a result of the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office, damages caused to the state and the community amounting to  50 million  077 thousand  drams were recovered.

A preliminary investigation is underway in this criminal case.

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