Interior Ministry arrests Ukrainian national for illegal purchase and possession of drugs
31 packs of drugs were seized as a result of a search of the detainee carried out by the police officers. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The officers of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Police Department of the Interior Ministry of Georgia have arrested a Ukrainian national identified as only O.S., born in 1981 for the illegal purchase and possession of drugs in particularly large quantities.
31 packs of drugs were seized as a result of a search of the detainee carried out by the police officers.
An analysis will be conducted on the confiscated drugs.
An investigation is in progress. The detainee may face eight - 20 years in jail or a life sentence.
Tbilisi City Court has found eight people arrested during the 12 May 2018 nightclub raids guilty of the sale and distribution of drugs in large quantities at different night clubs in Tbilisi.
The recent Human Rights World Report by the Human Rights Watch summarises human rights problems in Georgia.
A US citizen born in 1976 was arrested today at Tbilisi International Airport for attempting to bring in large quantities of drugs into the country.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reports it has detained seven drug dealers over the course of the past two weeks.
Georgian law enforcers have seized up to 10 kg heroin this year, the Georgian Interior Ministry says.
Officers of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Police Department of Georgia’s Interior Ministry have arrested one person, identified only as N.Dz., for the illegal purchase and possession of drugs as well as their transportation to Georgia.
The Interior Ministry of Georgia has conducted a large-scale operation and arrested 29 members of an organised group of drug dealers, Deputy Interior Minister Vladimer Bortsvadze said at today’s briefing.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained two Iranian and an Azerbaijani citizen for the purchase and possession of about two kg of heroin in the eastern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli. The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Six individuals have been detained for drug trafficking by the Georgian Interior Ministry over the past several days, the ministry reports.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has burnt drugs worth nine million GEL ( three million dollars),seized in the investigation of 676 cases.