Georgia’s Revenue Service has uncovered six cases involving attempts to bring undeclared gold jewelry and cash into the country through the Kutaisi International Airport customs checkpoint.
According to the agency, 235 grams of undeclared gold jewelry had a total customs value of GEL 60,132. The total value of cash subject to mandatory declaration that was illegally brought across the state border amounted to GEL 105,176, calculated at the National Bank of Georgia’s exchange rate.
The case materials concerning one Georgian citizen suspected of violating the law were referred to the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance.
The other five offenders, including Georgian and foreign citizens, were fined a total of GEL 34,788 under Georgia’s Customs Code.
