Police detain eight for drug crimes, including five drug traffickers

The Georgian Interior Ministry reports that they have detained eight individuals for drug crimes over the past several days. Five of the detainees are drug traffickers, the ministry says. 

During the operations ministry employees have seized: 

• 1303 pills and 16 bits of subutex, 2,030 usd. 
• 963 gr of heroin.
• 170 pills of suboxine and subutex, bio and six packages of methadone.
• One package of amphetamine and eight packages of bio and two packages of marijuana.
• 500 gr of substance containing heroin. 
• 23 kg of marijuana.

The video has been released by Interior Ministry.

The ministry reports that starting from January 1, 2019 they have seized: 

• 26 kg of heroin.
• 2 kg of cocaine. 
• 13,500 pills of subutex and suboxine.
• 23 kg of MDMA.
• 9.7 kg of psychoactive substance. 
• 1.5 kg of psychotropic drugs.