Police seize large quantity of ecstasy
If convicted, the individual will face a term of 8-20 years or life imprisonment. Photo: Interior Ministry's video
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The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of a large quantity of drugs in the country’s Black Sea region of Adjara.
The individual, identified only as N. G., was found to be in possession of 921 pills of ecstasy.
The video shows how police officers detained an individual for purchase and possession of an especially large quantity of drugs.
The individual admitted the crime.
An investigation is ongoing. If convicted, the person will face a term of 8-20 years or life imprisonment.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of an especially large quantity of drugs, including 19,45gr of heroin.
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.
Georgian Interior Ministry has seized 25 kg heroin and detained 143 drug dealers so far this year, the ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department head Vladimer Bortsvadze stated today at a press briefing.
As prosecutor Vakhtang Calughelashvili said before starting the court hearing today, the witnesses made test purchases from the accused eight dealers that have been arrested by the police.
The Interior Ministry has destroyed narcotic substances worth approximately 55 million GEL ($20 mln/€ 18 mln). The drugs were seized during 737 investigating operations conducted around the country at different times, the Ministry reported.
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.
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.
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.
Police have detained one individual for the illegal purchase and possession of an especially large quantity of drugs in Georgia’s Eastern Kvemo Kartli region.