Storage-Movement of Cigarettes without Excise Stamps Revealed in Samegrelo
On March 16-18, the employees of the Samgerelo, Guria and Zemo (Upper) Svaneti Unit of the Tax Monitoring Department of the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, revealed cases of storage-movement of cigarettes without excise stamps amounting to 31,040 in total, in the village of Rukhi of Zugdidi and the village of Pakhulani of Tsalenjikha.
The crime was discovered as a result of the current control procedures performed by the staff members of the Service.
According to Section 5 of Article 192 of the Tax Code of Georgia, the offenders had the goods confiscated. The case materials have been transferred to the corresponding court in accordance with Article 241 of the Code of Administrative Violations of Georgia.
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