The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance on Wednesday said its professionals had arrested a foreign citizen for attempting to smuggle a “particularly large” quantity of gold items.
The Service said its investigation had found the offender had attempted to illegally being 1,237 grams of gold items valued at ₾128,159 ($48,275) across the Sarpi border crossing checkpoint with Turkey in the south-west of the country.
The crime is punishable with imprisonment from five to seven years.