Thousands of pills confiscated, 2 foreigners detained for drug trafficking

The Georgian Interior Ministry announced the detention of a German citizen for the possession of a large quantity of drugs at his home in Tbilisi.

The individual, identified only as L. A. reportedly kept 2,644 pills of "ecstasy”, 323 pills of "subutex” and 400gr of cocaine.

The individual may face 8-20 years or life imprisonment.

A Kazakh citizen was also detained at Tbilisi International Airport in recent days upon arrival from Brazil via Dubai for carrying around one kg of drugs containing over 676gr of cocaine.

The individual may face 8-20 years of imprisonment as well.

Interior Ministry's representative Mamuka Chelidze briefs the media on recent crime statistics in Georgia. Photo by the Interior Ministry's press office

Georgia cooperates with Interpol, Europol and other international partner organizations to fight against trans-border crime.

According to the United States Department of State’s annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, although Georgia is not a significant illicit drug-producing country, its strategic location in the Caucasus makes it an attractive transit hub for transnational criminal organizations.

To counter organized crime and support international narcotics related investigations, Georgia has police attachés deployed to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Germany, France, Austria, Greece, Spain, Italy and Sweden.