6 arrested for selling excise-free cigarettes in December
In detailing figures related to tobacco offences last year, the Service said it had found the offenders had sold 18,052 packages of excise-free cigarettes worth over ₾90,000 ($33,714). The crime is punishable by between six to eight years in prison. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia arrested six individuals for illegal storage, transportation and selling of excise-free tobacco products in the country in December, the state body said on Friday.
In detailing figures related to tobacco offences last year, the Service said it had found the offenders had sold 18,052 packages of excise-free cigarettes worth over ₾90,000 ($33,714). The crime is punishable by between six to eight years in prison.
The body also added it had launched investigation into 326 cases of selling excise-free tobacco products throughout 2022.
During the year, 587,655 packages of the product worth ₾3 million ($1,1 mln) were also seized.
Georgian authorities identified 393 cases of illegal storage and transportation of excise-free tobacco products in the country in June, the Revenue Service announced on Wednesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested three individuals for selling excise-free tobacco products, the state body said on Monday.
Customs officers seized a total of 6,820 undeclared cigarettes at the Red Bridge (a crossing point between Georgia and Azerbaijan on the Tbilisi-Ganja road) and Sarpi (located in the south-west of Georgia on the border with Turkey) customs crossing points in Georgia.
Georgia is taking measures to enforce stricter control on tobacco and alcoholic beverages in a bid to get closer to the European Union’s (EU) high standards.
Georgian authorities arrested an individual for illegal storage and transportation of a “large amount” of excise-free tobacco products, the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia said on Wednesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia arrested nine individuals for illegal storage, transportation and selling of excise-free tobacco products in the country in January, the state body said on Friday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Tuesday said it had arrested five individuals for sale of excise-free cigarettes designated for destruction through use of fake documents on the elimination of the products.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia seized ₾61,000 ($22,867) worth of excise-free tobacco through the country in September, the body said on Tuesday.