A foreigner tried to secretly smuggle gold worth half a million GEL to Georgia in socks at the Sedkhlo customs checkpoint on the border with Armenia, an attempt to illegally import a large amount of undeclared gold to Georgia was stopped. This was reported by the Revenue Office of the Ministry of Finance in the country. According to the department, a citizen of a foreign country tried to smuggle 1,707 grams of gold bars of various sizes through customs control, and hid them in his socks and shoes. According to the conclusion of the inspection, the total customs value of the seized precious metal was 576,585 lari (about 225 thousand dollars). The case materials were transferred to the competent authority for investigation and further legal response.

A foreigner tried to secretly smuggle gold worth half a million GEL to Georgia in socks at the Sedkhlo customs checkpoint on the border with Armenia, an attempt to illegally import a large amount of undeclared gold to Georgia was stopped. This was reported by the Revenue Office of the Ministry of Finance in the country. According to the department, a citizen of a foreign country tried to smuggle 1,707 grams of gold bars of various sizes through customs control, and hid them in his socks and shoes. According to the conclusion of the inspection, the total customs value of the seized precious metal was 576,585 lari (about 225 thousand dollars). The case materials were transferred to the competent authority for investigation and further legal response.