Lasha Shergelashvili [former employee of the Special Tasks Department] left the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2019. After 6 years, does he know what was destroyed and what was not?! - All the evidence that was relevant to this case has been seized and is in the criminal case - no one can erase this as long as the criminal case is kept, - Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandre Darakhvelidze told journalists, answering a question about the possible destruction of evidence related to chemical substances.

According to him, it is not serious that a former MIA employee, who has not been working in the system since 2019, is talking about the fact that the agency destroyed evidence by the end of 2025.

"This is an incorrect assessment. Lasha Shergelashvili, whom the State Security Service accuses of a very serious crime against the state, who, if I'm not mistaken, has not been working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs system since 2019, is saying that we destroyed something by the end of 2025. This is not serious. As for the issue related to the aforementioned substances, it has been explained many times that the Ministry of Internal Affairs purchased specific substances in 2007-2009. An explanation was given as to what substance it was. It was purchased from one of the Jewish companies. None of them is prohibited. The investigation also provided an appropriate explanation on this. As for specific evidence, as the State Security Service explained, up to 160 investigative actions have been carried out. Accordingly, all the evidence that was relevant to this case has been seized and is in the criminal case. No one can erase this as long as the storage period for criminal case materials exists," he said. Darakhvelidze.

For information, the State Security Service stated that the information voiced in the BBC film about the alleged use of the substance "camite" against protesters in Georgia is complete and deliberate disinformation. As the State Security Service noted, within the framework of the investigation, the agency was unable to question only one of the persons of interest to them, former employee of the Special Tasks Department, Lasha Shergelashvili, who is wanted in another criminal case.