Goa police held 4 Georgian citizens over burglary charges

Four Georgian nationals were Thursday arrested for allegedly breaking into a house at Siolim near here and stealing Rs 9 lakh from there, police said on Thursday. Anjuna police arrested Kinstantin Chkhaidze (46), Lura Pirelli (42), Lasha Gurchiani (46) and Irakli Tamliani (33) for the crime, inspector Navlesh Desai said.

"The accused stole cash and gold worth Rs 9 lakh after breaking into the house owned by Maria Fernandes at Siolim village. All the accused were arrested within five hours of the filing of the complaint by the house owner," he said. According to Desai, the accused were staying at Arpora beach village, 10 kms away from Siolim.

(With inputs from agencies.)