19 pharmacies found to be selling psychotropic drugs illegally in Tbilisi
The psychoactive drugs have been confiscated from the pharmacies. Photo: Finance Ministry press office.
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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.
The ministry says that a large quantity of psychoactive drugs has been confiscated from the pharmacies which were either placed on shelves or were hidden inside the facilities.
The crime is punishable by one to three years in prison.
The Georgian government will use all the instruments to reduce prices on medicines, said Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.
Georgian law enforcers have detained a Russian citizen, identified only as A.A. for the purchase and possession of drugs in large quantities.
Georgian law enforcers have detained four drug dealers in Ponichala district in Tbilisi and in Gardabani, Georgia’s eastern Kvemo Kartli region.
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.
A minor has been detained for illegal purchase and storage of large quantities of drugs, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
A bill has been registered in the Georgian parliament to define small and large quantities of several drugs in order to avoid unjust prison sentences.
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.
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.
Eight individuals with suspicious signs of drug intoxication were taken to Zugdidi Referral Hospital, reports Interpressnews agency.
Georgian law enforcers have detained four drug traffickers over the past several days and confiscated 5.5 kg of drugs and more than 10 liters of a new psychoactive substance.
“Some companies put a 300-400% price tag on drugs in Georgia, which is unacceptable”, said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili earlier today.
Georgia’s Regulation Agency for Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities has recorded 258 cases of illegal pharmaceutical activities in 62 pharmacies across the country this year, the body said on Friday.
Two individuals have been charged by the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia for selling prescriptions for psychotropic drugs without medical testing in Georgia’s east.