The employees of Kvemo Kartli Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of operational measures and investigative actions, arrested two persons: R.I., (DoB 1984) and I.E. (DoB 1990).
The investigation established that during the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia held on October 26, 2024, the defendants placed ballot papers in the box in violation of the law at the polling station No. 69 located in the village of Sadakhlo, Marneuli municipality.
Due to the mentioned fact, according to the decree of Marneuli District Election Commission, the voting was stopped at the election precinct #69 and the results of the voting were declared invalid.
As a result of the conducted investigative actions, R.I. and I.E. were arrested as accused persons.
The committed crime envisions up to 2 years of imprisonment.
The incident is being investigated under Article 164 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which refers to falsification of election-related documents on purpose, election lists, ballots, registration journals and control sheets.