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

The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment. Photo: Georgian Interior Ministry

Agenda.ge, 01 Sep 2019 - 12:56, Tbilisi,Georgia

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:

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.