Georgian police make 7kg drug bust
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Georgian law enforcement agencies have prevented a large quantity of drugs from spreading from Georgia to Turkey, after they arrested a person at the border trying to leave the country carrying seven kilograms of cocaine.
A Lebanese man only named as Eliano K. was detained today for illegal purchase, possession and attempted smuggling of drugs in especially large quantities at the Sarphi Border Crossing Point (BCP) on the Georgia-Turkey border, when he was trying to leave Georgia.
Law enforcers found the cocaine hidden in secret pocket of the man's handbag and between the sheets of a laminated photo album. According to experts, the cocaine weighed 7.348kg.
The operative-investigative activities were jointly held by the officers of the Ministry of Internal Affair’s division for Fighting against Organised Crime, the division for Fighting against Narcotics Transit, Customs Department of the Revenue Service and the Main Prosecutor’s Office of the Criminal Police Department.
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