Police arrest 14 on drug violations in capital, western regions of Georgia
The offences are punishable by 20 years in prison or life imprisonment. Photo: Ministry of Inrenal Affairs
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Georgian police on Friday said law enforcement officers had arrested 14 individuals, including five foreign nationals, on drug-related charges for cases spanning over a recent period in capital Tbilisi, south-eastern region of Kvemo Kartli and western regions of Imereti, Adjara and Guria.
The release said the detained individuals had been involved in offences including illegal purchase, storage and selling of “large and especially large amounts” of drugs as well as illegal purchase, possession and selling of marijuana.
The body also said law enforcement seized 62 packs of marijuana, MDMA, Hashish, 65 packs of Alpha PVP, Methadone, heroin, Buprenorphine, Subotex and electronic scales during searches of the individuals, their vehicles and residential houses, as well as a pistol, magazines and three cartridges from one of the arrested.
The offences are punishable by 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Georgian police on Wednesday said law enforcement officers had arrested 112 individuals on drug-related charges, including 66 for drug-dealing, in capital Tbilisi and other regions of the country.
Georgian Interior Ministry, together with the Prosecutor’s Office solved a transnational crime involving drug-dealing scheme, identified dozens of members of the criminal group and arrested 22 individuals, Teimuraz Kupatadze, the head of the Central Criminal Police department said on Thursday at the press briefing.
Georgian police on Thursday said law enforcement officers had arrested nine individuals, including five foreign nationals, on drug-related charges over a recent period in capital Tbilisi and western regions of Imereti and Adjara.
Georgian police on Tuesday said law enforcement officers had arrested more than 10 individuals, including a Ukrainian citizen, on drug-related charges in ongoing operations across the country.