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Interior Ministry seizes half a kilogram of heroin

The detainee has been charged with possession of drugs in especially large quantities. Photo: abcnews4.com.

Agenda.ge, 26 Dec 2018 - 11:53, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has seized half a kilogram of heroin after the detention of one individual in the Kvemo Kartli region.

The man who was only identified as R. R, aged 30, an was detained in a taxi.

The crime is punishable by 8-20 years in prison or a life sentence.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has burnt more than one tonne of seized drugs on 22 December.

The drugs which have been seized during the investigation of 750 cases as evidence included more than two kilograms of heroin, 60 kilograms of amphetamine, 2061 pills of subutex, 816 pills of MDMA and 189 pills of methadone.

The ministry has stated that since 1 January to November 2018, 93 drug dealers have been detained.

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