Georgian court to examine case on 'Buket' ship today

Judge Gela Kiriya decided to postpone the case last Thursday due to solicitation from the defense.

Lawyers for the defendants asked to postpone the case in connection with the possibility of registering a procedural agreement between prosecutors and defendants.

The parties may conclude a procedural agreement, and after paying a fine, they will be released, the lawyers said.

The judge set a deadline for registering a procedural agreement by Aug. 31 and scheduled the hearings for that day.

Officers of the Georgian Border Guard Police detained the 'Bouquet' ship sailing to Abkhazia from Turkey. The crew of the ship consists of 17 persons, of whom 13 were Turkish citizens, and 4 Azerbaijanis.

The captain of the tanker is accused of multiple violations of the Georgian state border and violation of navigation rules of in the occupied territory.

The Georgian Interior Ministry said the ship transported 2,000 tons of smuggled gasoline and 700 tons of diesel fuel.

/Trend News/