The officers of Vake-Saburtalo police division along with Tbilisi police department detectives division as a result of the jointly held operative-searching and investigative activities detained Zaza S. (DoB 1978) and Gela T. (DoB 1974) for the armed assault committed in group.
Investigation established that on December 16, detainees along with accomplices committed an armed assault on the branch office of the “Liberty Bank”. Armed offenders appropriated 50 000 from the employees of the bank under the pressure of the firearms. Policemen detained the mentioned persons two days later, while searching activities for the third person involved in the crime is underway. During the personal search law enforcers seized part of the appropriated cash while the weapon of crime was found in the house of Gela T.
Detainees have already pleaded guilty.
Investigation is in progress on the fact of the armed assault, article 179, II part, sub-paragraph B and part III, sub-paragraph C envisaged by the Criminal Code.
