Police detain 1 for drug possession, seize large amount of heroin

Police have detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of four packs of heroin in Georgia’s eastern Kvemo Kartli region.

The law enforcers detained one individual, identified only as N.K. while driving on the Gardabani-Rustavi highway. Police seized four kg of drugs containing approximately one kg of heroin”, says the press office of the ministry of Internal Affairs.

The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.