Police detain 1 Georgian, 5 foreign citizens for drug offenses, seize large quantity of drugs
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Police have detained one Georgian individual and five foreign citizens for illegal drug manufacturing, purchase, possession and sale today.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the detainees are from Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
Law enforcers have seized about 21 kg (powder) and 10 liters of Alpha-PVP, worth 6 million GEL (about $2,087,246).
Laboratory equipment and various chemicals have also been seized in Tbilisi and Batumi.
Director of the Central Criminal Department Mamuka Chelidze said at a briefing today that the organised group of drug dealers created groups in Telegram, through which they illegally manufactured, purchased, stored and sold drugs in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Georgia.
All the defendants used the internet application VIPole to communicate with each other, their direct manager and the regional manager in Georgia", said Mamuka Chelidze.
The citizen of Kazakhstan packed and placed drugs at different addresses for couriers working in the criminal organization, said Mamuka Chelidze.
The crime is punishable by six to 11 years imprisonment.
Police have detained six individuals for the purchase and possession of drugs on September 24.
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.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of an especially large quantity of drugs.
Three foreigners have been detained at Tbilisi International Airport for allegedly bringing large quantities of drugs into Georgia.
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 police have detained an individual at Tbilisi International Airport earlier today for smuggling in 508 pills of subutex and three pills of methadone from Turkey.
Law enforcers have detained one individual in Tetritskaro municipality, Kvemo Kartli region for the illegal purchase and possession of drugs, and seized a large quantity of drugs from the detainee’s car, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs.