TBILISI, April 7 – Georgian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 44 people in a nationwide operation targeting suspects linked to the country’s criminal underworld, with charges also set to be filed in absentia against six more. The announcement was made by Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze at a briefing, where he said one of … Read more
TBILISI, April 7 – A municipal employee in eastern Georgia has been arrested on suspicion of demanding and taking a bribe in exchange for signing off on procurement-related paperwork, Georgian investigators said Tuesday. The employee worked as a senior specialist in the supervision and technical division of the Gardabani municipal mayor’s office, according to Georgia’s … Read more
TBILISI, March 28 – Georgian law enforcement authorities said Saturday they had arrested nine people on drug-related charges in a multi-region operation. According to the ministry, the arrests were carried out at different times by officers from the Central Criminal Police Department as well as police units in Adjara, Tbilisi, and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. The ministry … Read more
TBILISI, March 28 – Georgian police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal assault in the mountainous Dusheti municipality, after what the Interior Ministry described as a domestic dispute turned deadly. The ministry said officers from the Mtskheta-Mtianeti Police Department’s Dusheti district division detained a 39 year old suspect on suspicion of intentional … Read more
TBILISI, March 11 – Georgian police said Wednesday they had seized dozens of illegal firearms, ammunition and explosive materials across the country over the past two days, with 51 people detained in a broad security operation. The announcement was made at a briefing by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandre Darakhvelidze, who said the searches … Read more
TBILISI, March 6 – A Tbilisi court has begun hearing a complex case involving the murdered Georgian businessman Levan Jangveladze, with multiple suspects and links to international criminal networks. The trial is being held at the Tbilisi City Court, where several defendants are accused of participating in the premeditated contract killing of Jangveladze. During one … Read more
TBILISI, January 30 – Georgia’s financial crimes investigators have arrested a food safety inspector in the country’s Shida Kartli region on suspicion of abusing official powers in exchange for personal gain. The Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia said the detained official was a chief inspector at the regional office of the … Read more
TBILISI, January 25 – Two men were shot and killed inside a car Saturday evening in the village of Mukhrani, just north of Georgia’s capital, in what authorities are treating as a double homicide. Georgia’s Interior Ministry confirmed that both victims were killed at the scene and said an investigation has been launched under articles … Read more
TBILISI, January 22 – Georgian police arrested 88 suspected drug dealers and people linked to drug crimes in a nationwide operation carried out over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The arrests were made in Tbilisi and across several regions, in what officials described as an unprecedented one-day crackdown. Ministry of … Read more
TBILISI, January 18 – Georgian police have arrested three people on drug charges after seizing what authorities described as a particularly large quantity of illegal narcotics, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. The arrests were carried out by police units from several districts of Tbilisi, as well as officers from the Kakheti regional police department. … Read more