The officers of Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Police Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of immediate operative and investigative activities detained 4 persons for the attempted theft.
The detainees are as follows: several times convicted in past and currently on probation – I.Kh. (DoB 2002), previously convicted for armed robbery and currently on probation – A.S. (DoB 1999), N.M. (DoB 2001) and T.K. (DoB 1996).
The committed crime envisages from 4 to 7 years of imprisonment.
Investigation established that detainees attempted to commit theft of one of the supermarkets located on Sulkhan-Saba Avenue, Kutaisi. Law enforcers detained three of the mentioned persons in vicinity of the place of crime. The fourth person was taken under arrest several hours later after the crime.
Investigation is in progress on the fact of the attempted theft, article 19-177, II part, sub-paragraph “B” and part III of the same article, sub-paragraph “A” of the Criminal Code of Georgia.