According to the statement of the First Deputy Head of the State Security Service, Lasha Maghradze, the information voiced in the BBC film about the use of the substance "camite" against protesters in Georgia is complete and deliberate disinformation.

As Maghradze notes, within the framework of the ongoing investigation, the agency was unable to question only one of the persons of interest to them, a former employee of the State Security Service, Lasha Shergelashvili, who he is wanted in another criminal case.

Of the persons of interest to the investigation, it was not possible to interview the only witness, Lasha Shergelashvili, on whose information the opinions of the author of the story prepared by the BBC were largely based.

It is noteworthy that the State Security Service is conducting operational-search and investigative actions against the aforementioned person in connection with one of the high-profile criminal cases in the recent past, which concerned the fact of the purchase and storage of firearms and ammunition, including the explosive substance TNT, by the accused Beka Chulukhadze.

We would like to remind the public that operational and investigative actions in this case were conducted in parallel with the well-known events of October 4 of this year.

The investigation is intensively working on the version according to which Lasha Shergelashvili, a contract employee of the Ukrainian special services, ordered Beka Chulukhadze to purchase and hide the above-mentioned ammunition, explosives and devices several days before October 4. Shergelashvili is currently in Ukraine.

Thus, the irrefutable evidence obtained by the investigation gives us the basis for drawing a conclusion that the information voiced in the BBC film about the use of the so-called chemical weapon “camite” against protesters in Georgia is deliberate disinformation and serves to harm the interests of Georgia, in which, unfortunately, Georgian citizens are also involved and, together with the authors of the BBC film, their actions are of a well-planned, organized and campaign nature to achieve specific hostile goals against Georgia.

Accordingly, since one of the two directions to be investigated in detail by the investigation, which concerned the use of a substance prohibited in the 1930s, is over, the State Security Service continues the investigation into an alleged crime, which is provided for by Article 319 of the Criminal Code of Georgia and pertains to assisting a foreign organization in hostile activities.

As the body responsible for the security of any self-respecting state, the State Security Service of Georgia will continue to pay special attention to the issues of political stability and security, as one of the main challenges of our country in the field of security," said Maghradze.