Police arrest six for drug trafficking, including two foreigners
Police seized 10 packs of heroine, 1500 pills of subutex , 207 pills of methadone, 1 pack of amphetamine, 1 pack of hashish and other types of drugs. Photo: MIA
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Police have detained six individuals for the purchase and possession of drugs on September 24.
Two of the detainees were arrested in Tbilisi’s Ponichala district, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.
Director of the Central Criminal Department Mamuka Chelidze said at a briefing today that police officers seized the following narcotic substances:
10 packs of heroine, 1500 pills of subutex , 207 pills of methadone , 1 pack of amphetamine, 1 pack of hashish and other types of drugs.
One of the detainees is an Iranian citizen, who was arrested for the purchase and possession of a large quantity of heroin.
The crime is punishable from eight to 20 years or life imprisonment.
As Mamuka Chelidze mentioned, one of the detainees is a South African citizen.
Police and officials of the Revenue Service arrested [an individual only identified as] L.M. at the Batumi International Airport while he was trying to smuggle 16 kg of marijuana into Georgia. The crime is punishable from 15 to 20 years or life imprisonment,” said Mamuka Chelidze.
As of January 1, 2019, 25 kg of heroine, 1 kg and grams of cocaine, 11,600 pills of subutex and suboxone, over 4,000 pills of ecstasy, 9.6 kg of psychoactive substances and 1.2 kg of psychoactive substances have been seized.
Georgian police officers have detained 13 people for drug offenses in the coastal town of Anaklia in Samegrelo today. The detention took place in the vicinity of the area where music festival Echowaves is underway. Police reports that three more people were arrested for theft.
Police detained four for drug offenses including two drug dealers on August 11. Two of the detainees were arrested on the Tbilisi – Senaki – Leselidze highway. 1,002 pills of Subutex and 293 pills of MDMA were seized as the police officers searched the vehicle.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained a Georgian citizen for domestic violence as well as the purchase and possession of 5 pills of Subutex in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi last night. Identified only as G.S., the individual was accused of assaulting his wife, identified only as L.Ts., both verbally and physically.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained two Georgian citizens for the purchase and possession of about 130 pills of Subutex in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Five individuals have been detained for sale of drugs by Central Criminal Police Department in Tbilisi, Ponichala district and Gardabani municipality today, Director of the Central Criminal Department Mamuka Chelidze announced at a briefing today.
Police have detained one Georgian individual and five foreign citizens for illegal drug manufacturing, purchase, possession and sale today.
Six drug traffickers have been detained in Tbilisi, in Ponichala district this month, with large quantity of drugs confiscated, the Georgian Interior Ministry has reported earlier today.
Georgian law enforcers have detained three Ukrainian citizens for the purchase, possession and sale of drugs. 779 pills of Subutex have been confiscated from the apartments of the detainees in Tbilisi.
Police have detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of four packs of heroin in Georgia’s eastern Kvemo Kartli region.
Georgian law enforcers of the MIA Central Criminal Police Department have detained three drug dealers in the Ponichala district in Tbilisi today.
Georgian law enforcers have detained one individual for the illegal purchase and possession of drugs, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA).
Eight individuals with suspicious signs of drug intoxication were taken to Zugdidi Referral Hospital, reports Interpressnews agency.