Chairman of the Assembly of Tsalenjikha detained

The Chairman of the Assembly of Tsalenjikha, Temur Ghvinjilia, was detained.

As Municipality Mayor, Besik Partsvania, told InterPressNews, he hasn't been officially notified about the fact and only received the information about detention from relatives.

"I heard about it now too. I'm in Tbilisi and I don't know the details. I haven't received any official notification either. He was supposed to come to Tbilisi where we had a meeting. The relatives called and told me that he was detained. I don't know anything else", - said Partsvania.

According to current reports, The Chairman of the Assembly of Tsalenjikha was detained on charges of distributing smuggled cigarettes. In addition, there are reports about the detention of other members of the Assembly; however, the Mayor didn't confirm the information.