Anti-Crime Measures Launched in Svaneti

(Tbilisi, September 9, 2003, Civil Georgia) – One unit of a special-purpose detachment of the Interior Ministry was dispatched to Svaneti this morning to carry out special measures against criminals hiding in this north-western high mountainous region of Georgia.

Interior Minster Koba Narchemashvili also arrived today in Svaneti to hold a meeting with the local population and discuss a plan of action with the local police chiefs.

In late August President Shevardnadze demanded that law enforcers deal with the increased crime rate in Svaneti. !