Armored cash collection vehicle robbed in Black Sea town of Kobuleti
An armored cash collection vehicle has been attacked and robbed in Georgia’s Black sea town of Kobuleti today. 1TV.ge reports that the robber stole 50,000 GEL in cash. Photo: Adjara Public Broadcaster.
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An armored cash collection vehicle has been attacked and robbed in Georgia’s Black sea town of Kobuleti today.
1TV.ge reports that the robber stole 50,000 GEL in cash.
Initially several media outlets reported that Bank of Georgia is the owner of the car.
The press office of the bank reported later that the car belongs to the company DDG, which provides technical support to the Bank of Georgia’s self-service terminal network.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs stated an investigation has been launched into the case.
The de facto authorities of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region say the man who held up a Bank of Georgia branch in Zugdidi yesterday will not be allowed into the region. Sputnik cites the de facto authorities as saying that the attacker has not been mentioned near the occupied region so far. The attacker, who demanded half a million USD, released a Georgian regional police officer and the last three hostages in the forest of Kirtskhi village in Chkhotortsu municipality, near the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region.
A Bank of Georgia branch in the west Georgian city of Zugdidi has been taken hostage by robbers.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has addressed journalists covering the Bank of Georgia branch hostage crisis in Zugdidi where an armed attacker took 19 people hostage earlier today. “I call on media outlets to take the appeal of the law enforcers into consideration and provide the public with information without hindering the operation of police units”, Zurabishvili said.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia says that the primary goal was to end yesterday’s attack on the Bank of Georgia Zugdidi branch without victims and that this goal was reached. "Now our main goal is to detain the offender and our law enforcement agencies must use and are using all legal measures to do this,” Gakharia said, adding that the offender’s detention is important to prevent such crimes in the future.
Georgian Designer Zviad Tsikolia’s watch shop was robbed on Shardeni street in Tbilisi earlier today.
An explosion took place in the Community Centre in Nukriani Village, in Georgia’s eastern Signagi municipality yesterday at midnight.
A Bank of Georgia branch in Digomi, Tbilisi was robbed earlier today.
Sixteen newly installed LED streetlights were stolen in Georgia’s Black Sea town of Kobuleti on December 14, reports Adjaratv.ge.