Police detain one for illegal purchase, storage of weapons
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Friday said police had arrested an individual on charges of illegal purchase and storage of weapons and ammunition as part of an ongoing investigation into a cyber attack against the Interior Ministry, Justice Ministry and the Parliament. Photo: MIA of Georgia
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Friday said police had arrested an individual on charges of illegal purchase and storage of weapons and ammunition as part of an ongoing investigation into a cyber attack against the Interior Ministry, Justice Ministry and the Parliament.
The body said the attack had involved “seizure of a critical information data or system”, prompting the Ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department to launch the investigation.
It added law enforcement officers had conducted search operations in the capital city of Tbilisi and the Black Sea city of Batumi that led to the discovery of illegal firearms and ammunition in a residential flat located Abashidze 22 in the capital.
The body said the investigation was ongoing and “further details” were expected to emerge “in the coming days”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Georgian Prime Minister, on Friday addressed “sincere young people” in the country with an open letter amid ongoing protests against the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence, claiming “violent youth organisations” funded with “dark and opaque money” were acting at the rallies.
Levan Ioseliani, the Georgian Public Defender, on Thursday stressed the importance of the law enforcement’s “strict and appropriate response” to “violent attacks” on representatives of the domestic opposition and participants of protests against the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence in Tbilisi on Wednesday.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Thursday said his office had launched an investigation into “violent attacks” by unknown individuals on representatives of domestic opposition and participants of protests against the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence.
Sulkhan Tamazashvili, the Director of Tbilisi Police Department, on Thursday said law enforcement officers had arrested six individuals for assaulting a police officer and damaging property during recent series of public protests over the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence in the country’s capital Tbilisi.