YEREVAN. – Armenia registered decrease of crimes among underage, head of the police department on underage, colonel Nelli Duryan told at press conference on Thursday.

According to Duryan, there are 169 registered crimes by underage during five months of this year, as compared to last year’s 201 crimes. Current year also showed decrease in various types of crimes compared to the same period of last year: robbery (3 in 2011 to 8 in 2010), attacks (0 to 6), theft (102 to114). However, there is increase in hooliganism (6 to 4), and involvement in drug trafficking (3 to 0).