The officers of Adjara Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of immediate operative-search and investigative activities, detained B.M. (DoB 1989), for bank robbery attack committed against one of the branches of the Bank of Georgia in Batumi.
The committed crime envisions up to 7 years in prison.
The investigation established that the accused person demanded money from the cashier at the Bank of Georgia branch, under the pressure of the weapon. After being rejected, the attacker made a shot from the same weapon and fled the scene. No one was injured during the shooting.
Law enforcement officers arrested the accused person as a result of immediate police activities. Police seized the weapon of crime as evidence.
The robbery is being investigated under Articles 179 and 236 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
