Foreign citizen detained smuggling 480 grams of gold at Kutaisi Airport
The total value of the gold items is 36,210 GEL ($12,545/€11,267). Photo: Georgian Revenue Service.
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480 grams of undeclared gold items were seized at Kutaisi International Airport, in Western Georgia, announces the Georgian Revenue Service.
The Investigative Department of the Georgian Finance Ministry did not indicate the exact nationality of the foreign detainee.
The total value of the gold items is 36,210 GEL ($12,545/€11,267).
The investigation service of the Ministry of Finance is looking into the case.
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.
Georgian law enforcers have confiscated gold worth of 181,870 GEL (63,000 USD), the Georgian Ministry of Finance has stated earlier 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.
Georgian customs officers have made a remarkable discovery of 18kg of undeclared gold bars, worth an estimated 1.32 million GEL.
Georgian customs officers seized undeclared gold worth ₾18,425 ($6,398/€6,288) on the Red Bridge, a crossing point between Georgia and Azerbaijan, and the Georgia-Turkey border crossing checkpoint of Sarpi in the south-west of the country, Georgian Revenue Service announced on Friday.
The Investigation Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry has fined three individuals, including foreign citizens, for attempting to smuggle gold items through western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport on Tuesday.
A Pakistani citizen was arrested at the Tbilisi international airport on Monday for possession of undeclared mobile phones, the revenue service of the Georgian finance ministry said.