Police detain two for possession of heroin
The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison. Photo: Shot form interior ministry video
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Two Georgian citizens have been detained for the possession of 42 packs of heroin in the Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli.
The individuals, identified as M.A. born in 1975 and M.M. born in 1983, were detained yesterday.
The Interior Ministry has released the video footage of the detention:
The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison.
Georgian law enforcers have detained a Russian citizen, identified only as A.A. for the purchase and possession of drugs in large quantities.
Police officers of the Main Division for Illicit Drug Trafficking have detained four drug dealers and seized a large quantity of drugs in Tbilisi and Marneuli municipality in eastern Georgia.
Police have detained two Bulgarian citizens for the purchase and possession of 40kg of heroin in the Black Sea region of Adjara. The Bulgarians had smuggled ‘an especially large quantity of drugs’ with the intention of selling them in Europe.
Almost three tonnes of liquid heroin seized in Georgia earlier this month belonged to the Taliban, says Georgia’s Interior Minister.