Turkish national arrested for drug dealing in Georgian region of Adjara
As part of the investigation law enforcers bought narcotics twice from the detainee before they arrested him. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian police officers have detained Turkish national, identified only as I.A. in the Georgian region of Adjara for drug possession and sale.
The detainee, born in 1979, faces from seven to 14 years in jail.
As part of the investigation law enforcers bought narcotics twice from the detainee before they arrested him.
Afterwards, the seven pills of Suboxone sold by the detainee and 1000 GEL paid by police officers in exchange of it ended up as evidence.
Earlier in July, Georgian police also arrested an Azerbaijani national for illegal possession of drugs in large quantities.
The latest data of the Georgian Interior Ministry say that 77 individuals were charged with smuggling drugs into Georgia in between January and July 2019.
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.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained an Iranian citizen when he illegally crossed the border to smuggle in 8 kg and 500 grams of heroin into Georgia.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained two Iranian and an Azerbaijani citizen for the purchase and possession of about two kg of heroin in the eastern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli. The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Six individuals have been detained for drug trafficking by the Georgian Interior Ministry over the past several days, the ministry reports.
Georgian police officers have detained 13 people for drug offenses in the coastal town of Anaklia in Samegrelo today. The detention took place in the vicinity of the area where music festival Echowaves is underway. Police reports that three more people were arrested for theft.
Police have detained two Georgian citizens for the purchase and possession of a large quantity of drugs in the country’s Black Sea region of Adjara. The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.