The Tbilisi City Court will make the final verdict into cases of five
Georgians suspected of Robbery of Century theft in Ordu town of Turkey
today.
The robbery took place in March, 2012. Cigarette butts left in the
8-meter-long underground tunnel dug by the thieves led police in both
Turkey and Georgia suspect about the nationality of the perpetrators of
the theft which Turkish media had described as "Robbery of Century", in
which the thieves beat the alarming system of the jewelry shop to empty
its 6-kilogram hoard of gold jewelry and coins.
The thieves dug the tunnel from an adjacent building right into
their target shop and when the alarming system finally worked they had
already left with their trophies.
Only one of the suspects Vakhtang Iremadze admitted to have
committed the crime. In case found guilty, the Georgians face up to 10
years in prison.
