Police detain drug dealer, confiscate 24 packages of methadone
The crime is punishable from eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment. Photo: Screenshot/Video of MIA.
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Georgian law enforcers have detained a Georgian citizen, identified only as T.T. for the purchase and possession of 24 packages of methadone in Tbilisi.
An investigation showed that the detainee disguised himself as the employee of a delivery service, moving about the capital city of Tbilisi delivering drugs on his scooter and a branded delivery pack.
The crime is punishable from eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Customs officers have seized illicit drugs in a postal item that was coming through Tbilisi International Airport, says the Revenue Service of Georgia.
The ministry says that so-called ‘drug-shops’ were set up on Telegram messenger and internet platform Matanga, through which the drug dealers would connect with their clients and agree upon drop spots.
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 crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the detention of a Georgian drug dealer who imported especially large amount of drugs from Turkey to Georgia via an emergency car.