2 Bulgarian citizens detained for possession of 40kg heroin in Batumi
The Bulgarians had smuggled ‘an especially large quantity of drugs’ with the intention of selling them in Europe. Photo: Shot from Maestro TV video
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Police have detained two Bulgarian citizens for the purchase and possession of 40kg of heroin in the Black Sea region of Adjara.
Director of the Central Criminal Department Mamuka Chelidze told journalists in Batumi today that the Bulgarians had smuggled ‘an especially large quantity of drugs’ with the intention of selling them in Europe.
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Chelidze said the joint operation to detain the offenders was carried out by Georgian Interior Ministry and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Georgian police have detained an Azerbaijani citizen for drug possession, who intended to import a large amount of methadone in Georgia from Azerbaijan.
Two Georgian citizens have been detained for the possession of 42 packs of heroin in the Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli. The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison.
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Georgian police have detained an Iranian citizen for illegal purchase, possession and attempted smuggling of a large amount of drugs through western Georgia's port city of Poti, the Head of the Central Criminal Police Department said on Thursday.