Officers of the Guria Police Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, in cooperation with the Ozurgeti District Prosecutor’s Office, conducted joint operational measures and investigative actions, resulting in the detention of five individuals connected to the "criminal underworld" in Tbilisi, Ozurgeti, and the settlement of Ureki, based on a court ruling. This was reported by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Officers from the Central Criminal Police of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, along with departments in Tbilisi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Adjara, Imereti, and Shida Kartli, in cooperation with the General Prosecutor’s Office, conducted operational and investigative activities that led to the arrest of 22 individuals on drug-related charges, including 19 drug dealers.

A fatal traffic accident occurred on the Marneuli-Tbilisi highway (Eastern Georgia).

The President of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, pardoned 613 prisoners in honor of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

In Tbilisi, the emergency medical service received 33 calls due to injuries caused by fireworks on New Year's Eve. Hospitalization was required for 20 citizens, according to the Emergency Situations Coordination and Emergency Assistance Center, as reported to Georgia's First Channel.

The Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia deported 91 citizens of various countries in November-December of this year.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, as a result of international cooperation with the competent authorities of the United States and within the framework of an investigative group that also includes the Georgian State Security Service, has uncovered another transnational crime related to so-called fraudulent call centers. This was reported by the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

A court in Vladivostok arrested an American soldier, Gordon Black. The American is accused of theft and will remain in jail until July 2. Black was arrested in a case of theft causing significant harm to a citizen. On May 3, the Pervomaisky District Court of Vladivostok issued a warrant for his arrest, a court representative said on Tuesday, May 7. The American faces up to five years in prison.

“We want to provide the public with information about the illegal actions that took place at the protests that took place on Rustaveli Avenue and near the parliament building, on the basis of which the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of an investigation together with the prosecutor’s office, detained 6 people on charges of assaulting a police officer and causing damage to property ". Director of the Tbilisi Police Department Sulkhan Tamazashvili stated this at a briefing.

The accident occurred near the village of Baysubani in Kakheti (Eastern Georgia).

The President of Georgia announced that she would pardon activist Lazare Grigoriadis. Salome Zurabishvili spoke about this in an interview with the Pirveli television company.

Lazare Grigoriadis, arrested during the March 2023 protests, was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

Three people died as a result of an accident on the bypass road in Kobuleti (Western Georgia).

In the Tbilisi microdistrict Ponichala, a young woman wounded her friend with a knife. A 28-year-old woman stabbed her partner multiple times.

Bolt and Animal Project have launched a collaborative initiative to provide shelter for stray animals across Tbilisi, erecting wooden homes at 10 different locations known for high numbers of homeless pets. This effort aims to offer much-needed refuge for animals struggling to survive on the city streets, particularly during the harsh winter months.

Former Georgian Defense Minister David Kezerashvili was denied an American visa. This was reported by the Georgian service of Radio Liberty.

Globally, the gap between the number of women and men working in the fastest-growing and highest-paid fields of the future, such as computer science and engineering, is stark.

A man under the age of 35 was arrested in Akhalkalaki on charges of forced marriage.

Georgian citizen Levan Dotiashvili, illegally detained by Russian occupiers on the demarcation line near the village of Kirbali, Gori municipality, has been released from the Tskhinvali detention center and is in territory controlled by the central government of Georgia.

67-year-old Giuseppe Sganga, the boss of the Italian mafia, was arrested in Georgia. Rustavi 2 reports this.

In Bolnisi (Eastern Georgia), a man killed his ex-wife.

A traffic accident occurred in the village of Kakhati, Zugdidi region.

The National Food Agency has temporarily suspended the production of ready-made meals at Nikora Trade, following confirmed cases of salmonella poisoning.

A citizen of Brazil tried to bring into Georgia 1 kilogram 352 grams of the drug cocaine. He was detained with 125 packages of drugs at the Tbilisi airport.

The body of a young man was found in a gutter on Beria Street in Zugdidi (West Georgia).