Georgian law enforcers of the MIA Central Criminal Police Department have detained 11 drug dealers in Ponichala district in Tbilisi today.
The detainees have been accused of the systematic illegal purchase, possession and sale of drugs in especially large quantities.
Officers of MIA Central Criminal #Police Department, along with employees of the General Prosecutor’s Office, as a result of joint operative-search & investigative activities detained 11 #drug dealers in Ponitchala.https://t.co/bmVrfnf6IK pic.twitter.com/2BOqPs4jsT
— MIA of Georgia (@MIAofGeorgia) September 23, 2020
Heroin, cash and mobile phones were seized by the law enforcers as evidence from the apartments of the detainees.
The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.