9 illegal migrants from Turkey in possession of firearms detained in Batumi
The counterintelligence department of Georgia’s State Security Service is investigating the case. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian law enforcers have detained nine Turkish citizens who entered Georgia illegally, and confiscated four firearms from their temporary residence.
The Georgian State Security Service reported earlier today that a special operation, with the involvement of the Georgian Interior Ministry, took place at two locations in Batumi.
The Georgian State Security Service released the video.
The agency says that they are investigating the case.
The detainees face charges for illegally crossing the border and the illegal possession and transportation of firearms.
Occupation forces in central Georgia's Kareli Municipality carried out an act of borderisation on Friday, Georgia's State Security Service told reporters in Tbilisi.
Russia’s activities and its occupation of Georgian territories remain major threats to state security, the 2019 report of the Georgian State Security Service reads.
The Georgian State Security Service has denied illegal “borderisation” in the village of Kobi in Khashuri Municipality near occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. However, it said, Russian occupation forces continue provocative activities along the villages of Chorchana and Tsagveli.
The Georgian State Security Service reported today that the Russian occupation forces have carried out “an illegal flight along the occupation line in the direction of the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Nine Turkish citizens who were detained in Batumi earlier this week for the illegal possession of firearms and crossing the border have been refused bail by a Georgian court earlier today.
Georgian police have detained three Indian citizens for illegally crossing the state border, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA).
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has seized illegal firearms and ammunition in the municipalities of Tbilisi, Marneuli, Lentekhi, and Akhaltsikhe.
Police have arrested six individuals in Tbilisi and the western regions of Guria and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti on charges of illegal purchase and storage of firearms and ammunition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Wednesday.
Police have arrested eight individuals in Tbilisi and several regions of the country on charges of illegal purchase and storage of firearms and ammunition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Monday.