The State Security Service (SSG) of Georgia has identified the substances that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia used for temporary crowd control in Tbilisi in 2024. According to the SSG, these substances are not classified as prohibited.

“During the night of December 4–5, 2024, the substance chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile was used for crowd control, with a propylene glycol solution serving as its solvent. None of these substances fall under the category of prohibited materials,” stated the First Deputy Head of the SSG, Lasha Magradze.

Regarding bromobenzyl cyanide, also known as “camite,” the SSG stated that this substance has never been purchased or used by Georgia — neither under the current government nor under the previous one.

According to the SSG, more than 160 investigative actions were carried out in the previously launched case, and 93 witnesses were questioned — among them current and former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, doctors, experts, representatives of non-governmental organizations, and others. Various documents were also seized from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Customs Department of the Revenue Service.

The SSG also stated that the substance chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile was purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs from an Israeli company on December 18, 2007, and on March 27, 2009, together with the solvent trichloroethylene.