Police arrest four for drug possession, seize large quantity of drugs
1,002 pills of Subutex and 293 pills of MDMA were seized. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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Police detained four for drug offenses including two drug dealers on August 11.
Two of the detainees were arrested on the Tbilisi – Senaki – Leselidze highway.
1,002 pills of Subutex and 293 pills of MDMA were seized as the police officers searched the vehicle.
The other two were detained in Kvemo Kartli. Police report the two have prior criminal records.
Director of the Central Criminal Department Mamuka Chelidze said at a briefing today that the police officers have seized the following narcotic substances since January 1:
- 22 kg heroine,
- 1,900 kg cocaine,
- 8,500 pills of subutex and suboxone,
- More than 3,500 pills of ecstasy,
- About 9 kg of psychoactive substances,
- and 950 gram of psychotropic medications.
Earlier on August 11, the Georgian Interior Ministry detained a Georgian citizen for illegal purchase and possession of about 60gr of heroin in Kvemo Kartli region in the country's east.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained a Georgian citizen for illegal purchase and possession of about 60gr of heroin in Kvemo Kartli region in the country's east. The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Georgian police have detained an Azerbaijani national identified only as G.H. (b. 1991) for illegal possession of drugs in large quantities on July 30. Patrol police officers ordered G.H. to stop his car in order to carry out a check on July 30 in Rustavi, after which he got out of the car and attempted to escape but police arrested him.
Six individuals have been detained for drug trafficking by the Georgian Interior Ministry over the past several days, the ministry reports.
The ministry says that so-called ‘drug-shops’ were set up on Telegram messenger and internet platform Matanga, through which the drug dealers would connect with their clients and agree upon drop spots.
One individual has been detained for drug trafficking, the Georgian Interior Ministry reports.
Police officers have seized especially large quantities of drugs in the town of Marneuli, in the Kvemo Kartli region and arrested one, identified only as I.G. today. Police report that the detainee, born in 1967, faced charges in past and currently is on parole.
Police have detained a Turkish citizen for drug dealing in the Georgian seaside town of Batumi yesterday. The individual only identified as E.I., born in 1987, was selling ecstasy.
Police have detained six individuals for the purchase and possession of drugs on September 24.
Five individuals have been detained for sale of drugs by Central Criminal Police Department in Tbilisi, Ponichala district and Gardabani municipality today, Director of the Central Criminal Department Mamuka Chelidze announced at a briefing today.