Police arrest 2 for kidnapping minor in eastern Georgia

Georgian law enforcers have arrested two individuals for kidnapping a minor in eastern Georgia’s Marneuli municipality, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Thursday.

The Ministry said police had found the offenders, identified only through their initials and the birth year of 2007, had kidnapped their victim with the purpose of marriage.

The crime is punishable by seven to 10 years in prison.