Police Occupy Zugdidi Market

Police Occupy Zugdidi Market

Zugdidi.03.23.05.Media News.  Employees of the Samegrelo Zemo-Svaneti Regional Police Department have occupied the territory of the Zugdidi Central Market in order to quell local demonstrations.

Law-enforcement officials dispersed the protesting vendors and, in spite of resistance, took away tables used to display goods and locked the main entrance to the market.

Demonstrations began in Zugdidi on March 22, when vendors found that the way into the market had been dug out and the entrance locked. According to the representatives of the city Gamgeoba, the market was closed due to renovation works taking place in the area.