The State Security Service has released information about the search conducted yesterday, explaining that the homes of Irakli Gharibashvili, Grigol Liluashvili, Otar Partskhaladze, Romeo Mikautadze, Mikheil Chokheli, Vano and Tornike Parkaulis, Sandro Liluashvili and their family members were searched. ­

As a result, according to the State Security Service, cash totaling 7 million 2,200 USD and 136 thousand GEL was seized from various locations.

“Due to high public interest, we will provide the public with additional information about the complex event held yesterday.

As you already know, yesterday, from 10:00 am, 24 apartments and residential buildings were searched throughout the country. Personal searches were also conducted. The event was held in Tbilisi, as well as in the Dedoplistskaro, Vani, Chokhatauri and Borjomi districts. The residential buildings of citizens Irakli Gharibashvili, Grigol Liluashvili, Otar Partskhaladze, Romeo Mikautadze, Mikheil Chokheli, Vano and Tornike Parkaulis, Andria (also known as Sandro) Liluashvili and their family members were searched. About 230 employees of the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia and the State Security Service of Georgia participated in the event.

As a result, cash was seized from various locations, totaling 7,002,200 USD and 136,000 GEL, 198 pieces of jewelry and watches, expensive paintings, several thousand sheets of documentation, 50 mobile phones and 119 pieces of electrical equipment.

Currently, the employees of the State Security Service and the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia are jointly studying and processing the information on the aforementioned documentation and electrical equipment in an intensive mode. Also, the real origin of the seized cash will be determined, after which further investigative and operational actions will be planned based on the processed information and legal action will be taken against the relevant persons," a representative of the State Security Service said at the briefing.