10 have been detained and one was charged with membership in the criminal underworld, the Georgian Interior Ministry has reported earlier today.
One was detained when he was trying to flee to Azerbaijan,” the ministry stated.
The ministry says that the individuals participated in criminal gatherings, threatened people to hand over their money and personal belongings.
Police revealed that they forced a man give them his own car, they also threatened another man to pay more than $1,500, otherwise his family would ‘face problems’,” the ministry said.
They ministry says that four of the 10 openly supported criminal bosses and encouraged others to choose the way of living.
The convict who was charged in prison collected money to send it to a criminal boss in Turkey, the ministry said.
The age of detainees range between 26 and 46.
They face seven to 10 years in prison.