Police confiscate $63,000 worth of gold
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Georgian law enforcers have confiscated gold worth of 181,870 GEL (63,000 USD), the Georgian Ministry of Finance has stated earlier today.
The ministry has not identified the individual who attempted to bring in more than one kg of gold via the Georgian airport.
The investigative agency of the Georgian Finance Ministry is studying the case.
The investigators caught the offenders through a control purchase and hidden audio-video recording, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said today.
Investigators of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia have seized unregistered gold jewelry in especially large quantities at Georgian border checkpoints, on the border with Turkey.
Investigators of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance detained a citizen of Azerbaijan today who was trying to smuggle out 2,5kg gold from Georgia.
Georgian customs officers have made a remarkable discovery of 18kg of undeclared gold bars, worth an estimated 1.32 million GEL.
444.37 grams of undeclared gold items and coins, and 4.18 grams of undeclared silver items were seized at the Red Bridge customs, a crossing point between Georgia and Azerbaijan on the Tbilisi-Ganja road, and at Kutaisi International Airport, in Western Georgia, announces the Georgian Revenue Service.
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.
480 grams of undeclared gold items were seized at Kutaisi International Airport, in Western Georgia, announces the Georgian Revenue Service.