Police seize large amount of drugs in west Georgian town of Poti, arrest one
The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment. Photo: Shot from Interior Ministry video.
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Georgian police officers have detained one individual for drug offences in the west Georgian town of Poti today.
Law enforcers have seized 26 packs of methadone and five packs of cocaine as a result of a personal search of the detainee.
The video released by the Georgian Interior Ministry regarding the detention.
The detainee, only identified as D.Ts., 33, is accused of the purchase and possession of a large amount of drugs.
The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Police have detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of 12 packs of heroin in the western Georgian region of Imereti. The Georgian Interior Ministry reported today that the individual, identified only as O.Ch., born in 1946, was found in possession of “especially large quantity of drugs”.
Police have detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of 65 pills of Suboxone in the western Georgian region of Samegrelo. The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has destroyed narcotic and psychotropic drugs worth three million USD (9 million GEL), confiscated during the investigation of 765 different cases around the country, the ministry has reported earlier today.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained two Iranian and an Azerbaijani citizen for the purchase and possession of about two kg of heroin in the eastern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli. The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
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.
A foreign citizen has been detained at Tbilisi International Airport for smuggling a large amount of drugs into Georgia.
Police have detained two Bulgarian citizens for the purchase and possession of 40kg of heroin in the Black Sea region of Adjara. The Bulgarians had smuggled ‘an especially large quantity of drugs’ with the intention of selling them in Europe.
One man of Chechen origin has been detained during a special operation on Kavtaradze street in Tbilisi, reports Rustavi 2. Media report that the detainee is suspected of involvement in narcotics crimes.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been provided with special equipment within the framework of the EU Action Against Drugs and Organised Crime (EU-ACT) project.
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.
Police have detained a Georgian citizen for the purchase and possession of four packs of heroin in Georgia’s eastern Kvemo Kartli region.
The Central Criminal Police Department has identified a group of drug dealers selling narcotics online and arrested one Kazakh citizen identified as A.A.
Georgian law enforcers have detained the heads of five pharmacies in Tbilisi for the illegal sale of psychotropic and other drugs which are under the special control.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has proposed tougher punishment for the sale of drugs, as well as for psychotropic and psychoactive substances.