Old Tbilisi Police Division under Tbilisi Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of operative-search and investigative activities detained the citizen of Islamic Republic of Iran in Tbilisi - H.M. (DoB 1996) for armed robbery committed in group.
The committed crime envisages from 6 to 9 years of imprisonment.
Investigation established that on January 15 detainee along with accomplices, with the purpose to commit armed robbery, physically assaulted employee of currency exchange booth located on Akhvlediani Street. Offenders grabbed the purse of the victim and fled from the scene.
As a result of immediate search and investigative activities law enforcers managed to detain the offender several minutes after the crime took place.
After identifying the second offender, police is taking measures defined by the law to detain him.
Investigation is in progress on the fact of armed robbery, article 179, II part, sub-paragraph “B” of the Criminal Code.