Foreign citizen detained for smuggling drugs into Georgia

The crime is punishable by five to 20 years in prison. Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs. 

Agenda.ge, 14 Feb 2020 - 12:12, Tbilisi,Georgia

A foreign citizen has been detained at Tbilisi International Airport for smuggling a large amount of drugs into Georgia.

The detainee, identified only as A. K., was born in 1969.

Police have seized 97 pills of Subutex, powder containing Buprenorphine, five pills of ecstasy and one package of MDMA.

The crime is punishable by five to 20 years in prison.