Georgian police detain Azerbaijani man wanted by Interpol
The Georgian Interior Ministry reports that pre-extradition procedures are now underway. Photo: Interior Ministry press office
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The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained an Azerbaijani citizen who has been wanted by Interpol since 2015 for murder.
The video shows how police officers detain the individual:
The individual, born in 1989 and identified only as T.G, was detained in Akhalkalaki, a town in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe–Javakheti.
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