6 Iranian citizens detained for drug offences
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In the beginning of the investigation police detained three Iranian citizens in Tbilisi for carrying drugs.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs says six bags of heroin were hidden in their footwear amounting to more than 1 kilogram.
Another three Iranians were detained after investigations in Tbilisi and Batumi who were found to have less than one kilogram of heroin in their possession: if convicted, all of them may face eight to 20 years of imprisonment.
According to official data, 18 kilograms of drugs were seized by police during the past four months all over the country. 750 people were charged with drug offenses during this time. 394 of them were charged with the illegal purchase, storage or distribution of large quantities of drugs.
The Georgian Interior Ministry, with the cooperation of German law enforcers, has detained a 26-year-old Georgian citizen who brought 9 kg of hashish into Georgia.
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.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the detention of a Georgian drug dealer who imported especially large amount of drugs from Turkey to Georgia via an emergency car.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia believes that prevention and rehabilitation are among the most important steps for improving the drug-related situation in the country.
Georgia’s Investigative Service has detained one person for fraudulently making money by using the name of famous musician Chris Rea.
A 26-year-old woman and 23-year-old man have been charged with distribution of narcotics online. A 26-year-old woman and 23-year-old man have been charged with distribution of narcotics online.
The Interior Ministry continues its "uncompromising fight” against drug trafficking in cooperation with the Prosecutors Office, reads the statement by the ministry.
The accused citizen was arrested in Phonichala district of Tbilisi. His offence is punishable by imprisonment of eight to twenty years.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been investigating the case of extortion for certain services at Batumi night clubs since May 18.
A man attending a music festival died in Anaklia last night. The MIA has started an investigation but did not reveal possible reasons behind his death while awaiting autopsy results.
Five citizens of Iran and two citizens of Georgia have been detained for drug crimes at the electronic music festival in Georgia’s Black Sea town of Anaklia today.
The Georgian Interior Ministry says that in the last month 189 people were detained for drug-related offences, 14 of whom are drug dealers.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has stated that over the course of the first 10 months of 2018, 192 drug dealers have been detained in the Ponichala district of Tbilisi alone.
The Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has detained seven citizens of Iran for illegal entrepreneurship in Georgia, receiving more than 2 million GEL as an unlawful income in one year.
Tbilisi City Court has sent two individuals to prison for the sale of drugs in large quantities at Tbilisi night clubs and other areas.
Georgian law enforcers have detained an Iranian citizen, identified only as M.D., for the purchase, possession and sale of drugs. Police found that the Iranian citizen, who resided in Tbilisi, sold drugs on a regular basis.