Businessman Giorgi Ramishvili, who was detained for allegedly carrying a firearm in his hand luggage at the airport, was released on bail of GEL 70,000 following a court hearing.
Founder of the Silk Road Group, he was detained yesterday, July 6.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, police seized a firearm, a magazine, and cartridges while scanning his hand luggage at the departures terminal of Tbilisi International Airport.
Prosecutors charged him the next day with illegally carrying a firearm, a criminal offense punishable by four to seven years in prison, and requested Giorgi Ramishvili’s pretrial detention.