Major theft at Armenian NPP

ArmInfo. A major theft has occurred at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant. As reported by the crime chronicle website Shamshyan.com, on March 6, the Criminal  Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the  Republic of Armenia received operational information that pipes made  of copper, nickel and iron had been stolen from one of the warehouses  on the administrative territory of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant.

Police officers established on the spot that the operational  information was reliable, the theft had occurred between February 18  and March 5, and the nuclear power plant had suffered significant  material damage.

Documents were drawn up by the police regarding the incident, which  were forwarded to the Investigative Committee of the Republic of  Armenia, where a criminal case was opened under the article "Theft of  state property".

The only question that remains unclear is how the property was  removed from the territory of the plant, which is subject to special  strict inspection controls.