As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out throughout Georgia, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, during the month of January of the current year, exposed 18 facts of storage, transportation and sale of large amount of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks and brought to the criminal liability 20 persons, 12 of which were detained.

As a result of investigative activities, total number of 27 870 boxes of different brands of non-excised tobacco, intended for sale, were seized from the persons exposed in crime. Total market value of the seized goods exceeds GEL 160 000.

Investigation is underway under the Article 200 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 6 to 8 years.