Georgian Interior Ministry arrests 29 drug dealers
The drug dealers were detained in Tbilisi’s Ponichala settlement. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Interior Ministry of Georgia has conducted a large-scale operation and arrested 29 members of an organised group of drug dealers, Deputy Interior Minister Vladimer Bortsvadze said at today’s briefing.
A criminal operation of the transportation and sale of drugs across Georgia was uncovered during an investigation that lasted several months.
The drug dealers were detained in Tbilisi’s Ponichala settlement.
Pre-packed heroin was seized by law enforcers. Photo:abc11.com
Georgian law enforcers approached the dealers and asked to buy drugs before arresting them, including heroin and cocaine – the sale was recorded on camera.
The police officers also seized pre-packed heroin for further sale.
The detainees face from eight to 20 years in prison or life sentence.
Police have held 318 people criminally responsible for drug-related crime this year.
Officers of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Police Department of Georgia’s Interior Ministry have arrested one person, identified only as N.Dz., for the illegal purchase and possession of drugs as well as their transportation to Georgia.
Georgian law enforcers have seized up to 10 kg heroin this year, the Georgian Interior Ministry says.
The officers of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Police Department of the Interior Ministry of Georgia have arrested a Ukrainian national identified as only O.S.
Tbilisi City Court has found eight people arrested during the 12 May 2018 nightclub raids guilty of the sale and distribution of drugs in large quantities at different night clubs in Tbilisi.
Police have detained nine drug dealers in the Ponichala district in Tbilisi. If convicted, the detainees face eight to 20 years of imprisonment or life imprisonment.
Georgian law enforcers have detained four drug dealers in Ponichala district in Tbilisi and in Gardabani, Georgia’s eastern Kvemo Kartli region.
Police arrested 13 members of an organised crime group for "fraudulent activities" in Tbilisi, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said on Saturday.