Interior Ministry has seized 25 kg heroin so far this year
The Interior Ministry of Georgia provided a video which depicts drug dealers selling drugs.Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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Georgian Interior Ministry has seized 25 kg heroin and detained 143 drug dealers so far this year, the ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department head Vladimer Bortsvadze stated today at a press briefing.
Bortsvadze paid particular attention to the most recent case when four drug traffickers were detained in the Marneuli region of eastern Georgia and Ponichala area of Tbilisi on September 16-17.
The individuals have been systematically selling drugs,” Bortsvadze said.
Since January 1, 2018 the Interior Ministry has seized:
- 25 kg heroin.
- 1.5 kg cocaine.
- 8,990 pills of subutex.
- 2.1 kg MDMA.
- 1.2 kg of psychotropic drugs.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia says that 98 individuals have been charged for drug crimes over the past seven months.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced that they have detained 7 drug dealers over the course of one week.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the detention of a Georgian drug dealer who imported especially large amount of drugs from Turkey to Georgia via an emergency car.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of an especially large quantity of drugs, including 19,45gr of heroin.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained an Iranian citizen when he illegally crossed the border to smuggle in 8 kg and 500 grams of heroin into Georgia.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of a large quantity of drugs in the country’s Black Sea region of Adjara.