As a result of jointly conducted activities the officers of Counter-intelligence Department alongside Special Operations Department under SSG, detained 5 citizens of Georgia in Kobuleti on the fact of illegal selling of the radioactive substance Uranium.

The abovementioned persons were detained as they brought the substance to an apartment in Kobuleti in an attempt to sell it. They were aiming at selling the substance for $3 million.

The radiology review revealed that the substance Uranium, with the total weight 1,665 gr, contains 2 radioactive isotopes: Uranium 238 and a small amount, 0, 23% of Uranium 235 that belong to the category of nuclear substance. Given the gamma ray emission and the identity of the source, direct and long-term exposure to the substance is hazardous for human life and health. 

Investigation is in progress on the fact of illegal handling and selling of nuclear material. (Article 230, part I of the Criminal Code of Georgia which envisages from 5 to 10 years of imprisonment).

Investigation is carried out by Counter-Intelligence Main Investigative Division under State Security Service of Georgia. Upon Tbilisi City Court decision taken on April 27th, 2016, the detainees were sentenced to imprisonment.