Police arrest one for connections with “criminal underworld”
During the search of the individual and his residential house, the law enforcement seized a revolver and five cartridges, as well as a mobile phone the arrested used to communicate with each other and with members of the “criminal underworld” abroad. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The Georgian Interior Ministry on Saturday said it had arrested one individual in eastern Kakheti region for connections with “criminal underworld”, as well as for illegal purchase and possession of firearms.
The investigation established that the arrested individual, identified only through his initials, actively participated and arranged “thief-in-law trials” to resolve financial disputes, the Ministry noted.
During the search of the individual and his residential house, the law enforcement seized a revolver and five cartridges, as well as a mobile phone the arrested used to communicate with each other and with members of the “criminal underworld” abroad.
The crimes are punishable by up to six years in prison.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Thursday said it had arrested 13 individuals for connections with “criminal underworld” and use of criminal authorities for settling financial disputes.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Tuesday said it had arrested three individuals for connections with the “criminal underworld” and use of criminal authorities for settling financial disputes.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday presented its nine-month report covering the body’s efforts including work against corruption, domestic violence and “criminal underworld”, as well as a vision and action plan to further increase its “institutional and organisational” effectiveness.
Police have arrested four individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and extortion in Borjomi, Rustavi and the Imereti region.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Thursday said it had arrested 13 individuals across the country for connections with the “criminal underworld” and use of criminal authorities for settling financial disputes.
Employees of the Georgian Central Police Department’s unit for combating organised crime have arrested five individuals, including a foreign citizen, in capital Tbilisi and the Black Sea city of Batumi for connections with “criminal underworld” and violence, the state body said on Friday.
Police officers of the Main Division for Combating Organised Crime under the Georgian Interior Ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department have arrested one individual and charged two others for connections with “criminal underworld” and requesting help from “thieves-in-law”, the Ministry said on Saturday.