Customs officers seize undeclared tobacco, gold on Turkey, Armenia borders

Georgia’s Revenue Service on Friday said its professionals had prevented an attempt of smuggling of undeclared tobacco products and seized $25,310 in undeclared gold items on the Sarpi border crossing with Turkey in the south-west and the Sadakhlo Border Crossing Point on the country's southern border with Armenia.

The Service said in the former case, a “large amount” of undeclared gold items - weighing in at 610 grams and worth ₾67,447 ($25,310) - were seized at the checkpoint during physical search of a Georgian citizen.

In the latter incident, the smuggling attempt had been made at the Sadakhlo Border Crossing Point, with 10,000 undeclared cigarettes being seized during a “detailed inspection” of a vehicle driven by a foreign citizen, with the products found in a concealed compartment.

The body added the cases had been handed over to the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance.