GEORGIAN EX-PRESIDENT EDUARD SHEVARNADZE’S SON-IN-LAW DETAINED IN TBILISI AIRPORT

Georgian Ex-President Eduard Shevarnadze’s son-in-law Giya Dzhokhtaberidze, head of Magticom, the biggest vehicular communication company in Georgia, was arrested in the Tbilisi airport this morning. As reported by News-Georgia agency, he was detained at the board Tbilisi-Paris airplane. In the words of Georgian Public Prosecutor Irakli Okruashvili, Jokhtaberidze tried to show resistance to the law enforcement bodies. In his words, Ex-President’s son-in-law, who was twice – January 26 and February 17 – called to the Prosecutor’s office to give evidence, intended to fly to Paris and then to the US, though the investigators prohibited him to leave Georgia. According to the preliminary data, Dzhokhaberidze is charged of non-payment of taxes.