MIA arrests US citizen trying to import large quantity of drugs to Georgia

A US citizen born in 1976 was arrested today at Tbilisi International Airport for attempting to bring in large quantities of drugs into the country.

The detainee is facing eight to 20 years of imprisonment.

Investigators said the detainee was found 229 in possession of packages of heroin, 101 pills of narcotic substances and eight jars of different kind of drugs. Forensic studies will reveal the exact substance of the drugs.

The MIA has arrested 116 people for drug trafficking and seized 35 kilograms of heroin, more than six kilograms of cocaine and up to 12 thousand pills of subutex, as well as up to three kilograms of MDMA this year alone.