On September 11, Georgia’s State Security Service (SSSG) arrested multiple individuals, including Ukrainian citizens for smuggling explosives, opposition politician Levan Khabeishvili on bribery-related charges, and former Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze for abuse of office and money laundering, highlighting ongoing investigations into criminal, corruption, and security threats in the country.

Lasha Maghradze, the First Deputy Head of the State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG), announced the arrest of two Ukrainian citizens after 2.4 kilograms of hexogen (RDX) were seized from a truck entering Georgia from Turkey through the Sarpi checkpoint. During the briefing, Maghradze stated that the Mercedes-Benz truck with Ukrainian license plates had crossed into Georgia on September 10 after traveling from Ukraine via Romania and Bulgaria. He emphasized that the explosives were concealed in compartments of the vehicle and belonged to M.S., a Ukrainian citizen and the driver, who allegedly received them in canisters from an unidentified person in Ukraine with instructions to deliver them to a contact after entering Georgia. Maghradze noted that another Ukrainian citizen, identified as D.Zh., was detained after meeting the driver and taking possession of the explosives. He added that the SSSG seized eight mobile phones, a computer, electronic storage devices, a large sum of cash, SIM cards from foreign mobile operators, and cocaine during searches. The SSSG emphasized that "the investigation will continue to determine the final destination of the large amount of explosives brought into Georgia—whether a terrorist act was being prepared in Georgia, whether the country was being used as a transit point, or something else," adding that the legal classification would be clarified accordingly.

Moreover, Levan Khabeishvili, the opposition politician from the United National Movement, was arrested by Georgia’s State Security Service (SSSG) in central Tbilisi over his public promises to pay USD 200,000 to police officers, including members of the Special Task Department, if they refused to disperse protesters and sided with demonstrators during an October 4 "peaceful revolution". Khabeishvili was detained at the entrance of TV Formula’s building by several men in civilian clothes, allegedly SSSG officers, and was taken to the SSSG building. His detention was soon confirmed by the security service, which also arrested another UNM member, Murtaz Zodelava, at the same location. Emzar Gagnidze, the Director of the SSSG’s Anti-Corruption Agency, stated at a briefing that the arrest was connected to Khabeishvili’s public promises to bribe law enforcement officers, citing his remarks on television and social media. "Levan Khabeishvili, in public statements, on television and social media, called on law enforcement officers and promised them bribes if, during anti-government rallies, Interior Ministry Special Task Department officers refused to carry out their duties or refrained from using the special equipment at their disposal," Gagnidze stated. He emphasized that Khabeishvili had also offered USD 200,000 to police officers who would provide him with "different work-related information, including secret data". According to Gagnidze, Khabeishvili further promised money to Special Task Department employees "in exchange for refusing to train and practice" and considered it "feasible" to bribe police officers "because every method should be used to change the government". Gagnidze concluded that Khabeishvili was charged under Part 2 of Article 339 of Georgia’s Criminal Code, which covers promising, offering, or granting money to an official, or a person treated as such, for the purpose of committing an unlawful act. The offense carries a punishment of four to seven years in prison.

Additionally, Emzar Gagnidze, the Head of the Anti-Corruption Agency of Georgia’s State Security Service (SSSG), announced the arrest of former Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze on charges of abuse of office and money laundering involving more than GEL 1.5 million (approximately USD 580,000). During the press briefing, Gagnidze also reported the detention of opposition United National Movement (UNM) members Levan Khabeishvili and Murtaz Zodelava on separate charges. Speaking about Burchuladze, he stated that the former defense minister and three of his associates—including his then-deputy Giorgi Khaindrava, the former head of the Defense Ministry’s procurement department Vladimer Ghudushauri, and Burchuladze’s relative V.M.—had been implicated in a procurement manipulation scheme exposed in July. According to Gagnidze, at Burchuladze’s instruction, the group created a non-competitive environment during the Defense Ministry’s purchase of an MRI machine, artificially inflating its price from GEL 2.6 million to nearly GEL 3.9 million. "As a result, through fictitious deals, the real market value of the machine was artificially inflated, and an MRI machine worth GEL 2,606,272 was supplied to Georgia’s Defense Ministry for GEL 3,940,000. The criminal actions caused property damage of GEL 1,333,728 to the Ministry of Defense," Gagnidze stated. He added that Burchuladze later concealed illicit income by purchasing property in Spain. The SSSG reported that in January 2025, Burchuladze and his family bought land and a house in Spain’s Malaga province for EUR 544,000, disguising the purchase through a fake sale agreement for property in Tbilisi’s Tskneti district that had not actually been sold, as well as through fictitious loans. The property was not declared in Burchuladze’s March asset declaration. "Through these methods, Juansher Burchuladze laundered illegal or unjustified income in the particularly large amount of GEL 1,593,212," Gagnidze emphasized.