One detained for robbing cars in Tbilisi, Batumi
The crime is punishable by three to seven years in prison. Photo: Shot from Interior Ministry video
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The Georgian police have detained an individual for robbing cars in Tbilisi and Batumi.
The Interior Ministry announced today that an individual, identified only as T. Kh. and born in 1999, who is currently on probation for theft, broke front vents and stole stuff from six cars in Batumi on August 20-21.
The detainee also admitted robbing eight other vehicles in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi earlier this month.
The Interior Ministry has released a video footage of the detention:
The crime is punishable by three to seven years in prison.
Parolees in Georgia will not be required to visit probation offices until April 14 after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the China-born Covid-19 virus a pandemic, Georgia’s Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani stated earlier today.
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