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Russian citizen detained for drug possession, 7 kg heroin seized

The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment. Photo: screenshot from the video of MIA.

Agenda.ge, 03 Dec 2020 - 14:17, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian law enforcers have detained a Russian citizen, identified only as A.A. for the purchase and possession of drugs in large quantities.

Law enforcers stopped the detainee while she was driving on the Lagodekhi-Bakurtsikhe-Tbilisi road and seized seven kilograms of heroin while searching A.A’s handbag.

The cost of the seized drugs on the so-called ‘black market’ is about two million GEL.

The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.

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