The officers of Lanchkhuti Police Division of Guria Police Department and Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of joint operative-investigative activities, detained 2 persons convicted in past- R.P.(DoB1980) and K.K. (DoB1991), for disrespecting the deceased and unlawful appropriation of an item on the grave.
The committed crime envisions up to 3 years of imprisonment.
The investigation established that the accused individuals robbed 5 graves in Lanchkhuti municipality at different times. Among them, the detainees illegally seized the aluminum ware placed on the grave of Shindisi hero - Ruslan Tsuladze in the village of Kviani. The detainees sold the appropriated metal accessories at the scrap metal reception point in the city of Zestaponi. Police seized the stolen items as evidence.
The facts of disrespecting the deceased and unlawful appropriation of an item on the grave are being investigated under Article 258, Part III, Sub-paragraph "A" of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
