393 cases of illegal storage, transportation of excise-free tobacco products in Georgia detected in June
A total of 29,326 cigarette cartons, including 408 electronic cigarettes and more than 239 kilograms of excise-free tobacco products, were seized throughout the country by professionals of the Tax Monitoring Department of the Service. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgian authorities identified 393 cases of illegal storage and transportation of excise-free tobacco products in the country in June, the Revenue Service announced on Wednesday.
A total of 29,326 cigarette cartons, including 408 electronic cigarettes and more than 239 kilograms of excise-free tobacco products, were seized throughout the country by professionals of the Tax Monitoring Department of the Service.
The state body noted administrative offence protocols had been drawn up on 265 of the incidents with case materials sent to court, while seven cases were sent to the Investigation Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry. The remaining 121 cases were classified as unidentified.
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.
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.
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.
Customs officers seized a total of 6,820 undeclared cigarettes at the Red Bridge (a crossing point between Georgia and Azerbaijan on the Tbilisi-Ganja road) and Sarpi (located in the south-west of Georgia on the border with Turkey) customs crossing points in Georgia.
An Iranian citizen was arrested at the Tbilisi International Airport on Tuesday after a canine officer and a police dog of the Customs Department of the Georgian Revenue Service discovered 394,43 grams of marijuana while inspecting luggage at the customs checkpoint.
Customs officers of the Georgian Revenue Service seized about $18,060,000 in undeclared money at Batumi and Kutaisi airports in Georgia’s west and the northern Kazbegi Customs Checkpoint, the state service announced on Friday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia arrested six individuals for illegal storage, transportation and selling of excise-free tobacco products in the country in December, the state body said on Friday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia arrested nine individuals for illegal storage, transportation and selling of excise-free tobacco products in the country in January, the state body said on Friday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Tuesday said it had arrested five individuals for sale of excise-free cigarettes designated for destruction through use of fake documents on the elimination of the products.