YEREVAN. – Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle religious pictures out of the country.    

A 63-year-old Israeli citizen, by the name of Davit Hanoch, was inspected for a second time at Ayrum train station while crossing Armenia’s national border, and as a result eighteen undeclared religious pictures were found in his luggage, NSS informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.    

A criminal case is launched.