As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and General Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, detained three persons on the fact of storage and transportation of particularly large amount of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks in Imereti region, by the group. One of the detainees is specialist of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti police department of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Khobi Regional Division.

As a result of investigative activities, 3 100 boxes of non-excised tobacco have been seized, the market value of which estimates GEL 13 640.

Investigation is underway under the second part, paragraph “g” and third part of Article 200 of Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 6 to 8 years.