Georgian police have stormed the main office of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) and detained its leader Nikanor (Nika) Melia. The politician is being accused of inciting riots in the capital two years ago. A crowd of supporters tried to prevent Melia’s arrest on Tuesday. The officers broke into the UNM’s office in the country's capital Tbilisi and seized him. Overall, 21 people were detained in clashes with police, the First Channel TV station reported, citing the Interior Ministry. The country’s prison service confirmed to the channel that Melia has been taken into custody. UNM was founded by Mikheil Saakashvili who seized power in 2003 as a result of the so-called Rose Revolution. He was elected president the next year and ruled Georgia until 2013. Saakashvili left the country shortly afterwards, and several criminal cases were launched against him. UNM lost power in 2012. Under Saakashvili’s rule, Georgia attacked the breakaway region of South Ossetia in 2008, triggering a war with Russia https://www.rt.com/russia/516353-georgia-opposition-leader-arrested/