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2013-10-16 Europe

Georgia Says Former Defense Minister Detained in France

[An Nahar] French authorities have tossed in the calaboose
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
a former Georgian defense minister wanted in his homeland on corruption charges, Georgia's interior ministry said Tuesday.

Davit Kezerashvili, a close ally of outgoing president Mikheil Saakashvili, was detained Monday in Gay Paree and is set to face an extradition hearing to determine whether he should be sent back to the Caucasus nation.

"The French prosecutor's office is currently conducting legal procedures," Georgia's interior ministry said in a statement.

Georgia's ambassador to La Belle France, Ekaterine Siradze-Delaunay, said Kezerashvili was tossed in the calaboose
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
on Monday and placed in jug in Aix en Provence, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Marseille.

"I do not know when he arrived in La Belle France or whether he resides in La Belle France," Siradze-Delaunay told Agence La Belle France Presse.

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