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.
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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.
One individual has been detained in Tbilisi for drug possession and trafficking.
The Georgian police have detained one foreign citizen for the illegal purchase and possession of 220 pills of Subutex in the Kvemo Kartli region. The Interior Ministry released the video of detention, without specifying the nationality of the detainee.
Georgian law enforcers have detained two individuals for the purchase, possession and sale of drugs. 4,200 pills of MDMA and other types of drugs, including hashish, cocaine and marijuana have been confiscated from the apartments of the detainees in Tbilisi.
Georgian law enforcers have detained three Ukrainian citizens for the purchase, possession and sale of drugs. 779 pills of Subutex have been confiscated from the apartments of the detainees in Tbilisi.
Nineteen pharmacies have been found in the Georgian capital Tbilisi by the investigative service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally.
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.
The Georgian parliament has passed a bill in its first reading which defines small, large and particularly large quantities for eight drugs, which will in turn affect the process of determining the severity of drug charges.