On May 23, 2009, an attempt to take the life of Gagik Khachatryan, who heads the RoA State Revenue Committee, was made by unknown assailants who planted a homemade remote-controlled bomb at a construction site on Teryan Street #19. The bomb went off but no one was injured in the blast. The National Security Service (NSS) reports that eight individuals, including ringleader Gagik Matevosyan, nicknamed "Muscle Gago" were arrested as suspects. Mr. Matevosyan served in the Interior Ministry from 1992-1997 as a deputy commander of a special unit attached to the interior troops. A search of the house and vehicle not only yielded traces of materials used in the attempted murder but also a large quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives devices, some with remote control features. Also uncovered was an underground chemical laboratory used in bomb making equipment. Further investigation revealed that orders for the hit were given by Robert Yeritsyan, a former employee at the RoA Customs Committee, to Rafael Masoumyan with a payment of $150,000. Robert Yeritsyan is the son of now former Arabkir district leader Albert Yeritsyan. (He was dismissed from his post yesterday) Mr. Masoumyan has absconded to Georgia where he went undercover. A unit of the Armenian NSS detached to Georgia, along with local special forces, found and arrested Mr. Masoumyan at Tbilisi airport preparing to board a flight Vienna. Robert Yeritsyan now has an international warrant out for his arrest. The NSS states that it is looking to see if this group is responsible for similar crimes in the past.