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Saturday, 01 April 2006
GEORGIA CHARGES SOUTH OSSETIAN LEADER\'S ENVOY WITH SMUGGLING
By empty (4/1/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian police have arrested an envoy of the president of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia on suspicion of smuggling cigarettes into Georgia, the Georgian Interior Ministry said. Vazha Khachapuridze, who may face a prison term of up to five years if proved guilty, was arrested near the village of Ergneti after more than 1,500 cigarette packets with Russian excise stamps were found in his car, the ministry told Interfax. He was taken to a police station in the Shida-Kartli district.
Georgian police have arrested an envoy of the president of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia on suspicion of smuggling cigarettes into Georgia, the Georgian Interior Ministry said. Vazha Khachapuridze, who may face a prison term of up to five years if proved guilty, was arrested near the village of Ergneti after more than 1,500 cigarette packets with Russian excise stamps were found in his car, the ministry told Interfax. He was taken to a police station in the Shida-Kartli district. (Interfax)