Five Iranians, two Georgians arrested for drug crimes at Anaklia electronic music festival

Since January 1, 2018 Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained 99 persons for importing drugs.

Agenda.ge, 27 Aug 2018 - 16:29, Tbilisi,Georgia

Five citizens of Iran and two citizens of Georgia have been detained for drug crimes at the electronic music festival in Georgia’s Black Sea town of Anaklia today.

Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that police seized various narcotic drugs during a search of the mentioned individuals.

In total, 15 people have been detained for the illegal purchase, possession and sale of narcotics at the electronic music festival in Anaklia, where Echowaves Festival was taking place on August 23-26.

Meanwhile, in the capital of Tbilisi police detained one citizen of Ukraine on similar charges.

Since January 1, 2018 Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained 99 persons for importing drugs.

Man dies at Echowaves festival in Anaklia, police arrest four for drug trafficking

25 Aug 2018

A man attending a music festival died in Anaklia last night. The MIA has started an investigation but did not reveal possible reasons behind his death while awaiting autopsy results.

Police detain 7 drug dealers

17 Jul 2018

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced that they detained seven drug dealers yesterday in Tbilisi, Ponichala district and in the village of Karajala, in eastern Georgia.

6 Iranian citizens detained for drug offences

25 Apr 2018

The Ministry of Internal Affairs says six bags of heroin were hidden in their footwear amounting to more than 1 kilogram.

Police detain 7 drug traffickers in one week

28 Jun 2018

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced that they have detained 7 drug dealers over the course of one week.

7 Iranians detained for illegal entrepreneurship in Georgia

12 Dec 2018

The Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has detained seven citizens of Iran for illegal entrepreneurship in Georgia, receiving more than 2 million GEL as an unlawful income in one year.