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Hotel owners arrested in Batumi for granting space for prostitution business
22 April, 2013
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Interior Ministry Adjara Main Section detectives arrested owners of the “Star” Hotel in Batumi, Georgian citizen Gela T. and Turkish citizen Ramazan I. for granting space for a prostitution business. Owner of the “Genacvale” Hotel Tamaz A. was also arrested, while females working in the hotels were questioned as witnesses. Cannabis and Ecstasy narcotic drugs were discovered in one of the hotel clubs. The arrested individuals were taken to a Batumi Temporary Detention Facility.

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