2 detained for possession of 80 methadone, 143 Suboxone pills in Adjara

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 video shows how police officers detained individuals for purchase and possession of "an especially large" quantity of drugs:

• Jan-Jul ‘19: 77 charged with smuggling drugs into Georgia

One individual only identified as G.G., born in 1980, was found to be in possession of 80 pills of Methadone and other heroin substitution drugs.

Another individual only identified as R.Ts., born in 1978, was found to be in possession of 143 pills of Suboxone. 

The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.