Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has charged two individuals for the facts of illegal purchase, storage, possession and an attempt of disposal of radioactive substances.

As a result of an investigation conducted by the Counterintelligence Department of the State Security Service [SSS], it was determined that a Georgian citizen had illegally purchased and stored the radioactive substance uranium, which belongs to the category of nuclear materials and is hazardous to human health. A citizen of Georgia had an attempt to sell the aforementioned nuclear material to a Turkish citizen for 3 million USD. SSS officers have detained both of them.

The detainees were charged under the Criminal Code, Article 230 of (purchase, storage, possession and disposal of radioactive substances), which as a form and measure of punishment envisages up to 10 years of imprisonment.

The Prosecutor’s Office has already applied to the court with a petition to use imprisonment for the defendants as a preventive measure.

The investigation on the criminal case is ongoing.