Armenian citizen arrested for smuggling of precious metal products
The IS said the arrested individual had smuggled 631 grams of palladium products worth ₾110,027 (about $36,054/€33,994) while circumventing customs control through the Sadakhlo Border Crossing Point in the south of the country. Photo: is.ge.
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The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested an Armenian citizen for importing large quantities of undeclared precious metal products across the customs border of Georgia, the state body said on Thursday.
The IS said the arrested individual had smuggled 631 grams of palladium products worth ₾110,027 (about $36,054/€33,994) while circumventing customs control through the Sadakhlo Border Crossing Point in the south of the country.
The state authority said the goods imported in violation of customs rules were confiscated from the arrested violator.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested two individuals and charged them with property damage and manufacture and use of forged customs documents, the state authority said on Wednesday.
Investigators of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance detained a citizen of Azerbaijan today who was trying to smuggle out 2,5kg gold from Georgia.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested three individuals for importing large quantities of undeclared gold and silver items across the customs border of Georgia by prior agreement as a group, the state body said on Wednesday.
Customs officers of the Georgian Revenue Service seized about $95,000 in undeclared money at airports in the capital of Tbilisi and the northern Kazbegi region, the state service announced on Friday.
A criminal proceeding has been launched against one individual for smuggling ₾26,644 ($8,808/€8,352) worth of medicines and two laptops across Georgia’s southern border, the Investigation Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested three individuals for selling excise-free tobacco products, the state body said on Monday.
The Investigation Service of the Finance Ministry has arrested an Azerbaijani citizen for attempting to smuggle large amounts of goods from Georgia to Azerbaijan, the state body said on Wednesday.
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.
Georgian Border Police have arrested two Armenian citizens for an attempt of illegal crossing of the border between the two states in Georgia’s south-east and smuggling of drugs, the state body said on Thursday.
The Georgian finance ministry’s investigation service has arrested two individuals, including a foreign citizen, at the Sarpi customs checkpoint in south-west for an attempt of smuggling medicine and gold items in “especially large quantities”.
A $7,740 worth of undeclared gold items have been seized at the Sadakhlo checkpoint, a crossing point between Georgia and Armenia, the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia said on Monday.