At least two members of the Kmara (Enough) youth movement, including their family members were detained in Adjara Autonomous Republic late on January 6.
Reports say that the exact number of arrested persons is not known yet.
The Interior Ministry of the Adjara Autonomous Republic issued a statement that the police have found drugs and explosives in the apartments of Khazhomia and Chkhartishvili families. However, the relatives of the detainees deny allegations.
During the recent days, the Kmara movement started to post banners in the streets of the Adjarian capital Batumi with the slogans “Enough to Abashidze’s Dictatorship.”
State Minister Zurab Zhvania condemned today the incident and said, “everybody should realize that Georgia is not a country any more where illegal arrests will be permitted.”
“What has happened in Batumi is inadmissible,” Zurab Zhvania added.