Belgian court releases detainee of Georgian origin arrested for tunnel bank robbery
The criminals accessed the vault of the BNP Paribas Fortis branch via two underground tunnels and sewers. Photo:www.tijd.be
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A Belgian court will release a 27-year-old Georgian man who was arrested for the robbery of a bank in Antwerp, De Tijd newspaper of Belgium reports.
The Belgian national of Georgian origin, identified only as Koba. M., was arrested on 4 February. The prosecutor’s office has appealed the decision to release him.
The detainee’s lawyer says the court found the evidence insufficient adding his rights were violated because of intense coverage by the media.
The criminals accessed the vault of the BNP Paribas Fortis branch via two underground tunnels and sewers.
The burglars are believed to have dug a tunnel from a home several hundred meters away from the bank into the sewage system, and then a second tunnel from a sewer into the bank, the Associated Press reports.
A homeowner said he had rented an apartment to two brothers several months ago.
The bank alarm system activated but robbers succeeded in fleeing the scene.
The other suspects are still at large and wanted by the Antwerp Police.
One Georgian and four Ukrainian citizens who were among seven people detained in Tbilisi on 2 December 2018 for the illegal purchase and possession of weapons and ammunition, were released on bail by a Tbilisi city court yesterday.
UK citizen Jack Shepherd, who surrendered to the Georgian police on 23 January, has told the Tbilisi City Court that he does not want to be extradited to his homeland immediately.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained an Iranian citizen when he illegally crossed the border to smuggle in 8 kg and 500 grams of heroin into Georgia.
Two Turkish nationals have been detained by the Investigative Agency of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia for the possession and sale of counterfeit money in large quantities.
A large scale operation with the involvement of Georgian police was conducted on April 4 in Barcelona, Spain which resulted in the arrest of 25 Georgian citizens.
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has thanked Georgia on his official Twitter page for the extradition of British convict Jack Shepherd.
Two individuals have been detained in Tbilisi for online drug trafficking, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported earlier today.
Crackers left in a robbed home in Turkey have helped the Turkish police detain the four Georgian citizens responsible for the crime.
Hacker Yaroslav Sumbayev, who faces cybercrime and murder charges in the Russian Federation, has been extradited to Russia from Tbilisi earlier today.