27 pharmacies found to be selling psychotropic drugs illegally in Tbilisi, other regions
The State Security Service says that all individuals involved in the sale of psychotropic drugs will be prosecuted in the coming future. Photo: video grab.
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Twenty-seven pharmacies have been found by the Anti-Corruption Agency of the State Security Service to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia.
A large quantity of psychoactive drugs has been confiscated from the pharmacies.
Police found that out of 27 pharmacies only three are authorised to sell psychotropic drugs, while the rest do not have proper permits.
Although both authorised and unlicensed pharmacies were selling psychotropic drugs without a doctor’s prescription.
The State Security Service says that all individuals involved in the sale of psychotropic drugs will be prosecuted in the coming future.
A minor has been detained for illegal purchase and storage of large quantities of drugs, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has burned more than one tonne of drugs seized during investigations.
Deputy Director of Ltd. Regional Healthcare Center Nugzar J. has been detained for assistance in receiving bribes in large quantities for the Head of the State Regulatory Agency for Medical Activities of the Ministry of Health of Georgia Gia Tvalavadze.
Head of the State Regulatory Agency for Medical Activities of the Ministry of Health of Georgia Gia Tvalavadze and 19 others have been charged for their involvement in the illegal sale of psychotropic drugs in 15 pharmacies of Tbilisi and Gori, the Georgian State Security Service reported.
The Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance has found 22 pharmacies to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia, the state body said on Wednesday.
The Investigative Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has found 18 pharmacies to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia, the state body said on Wednesday.
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.
The Regulation Agency for Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities of the Georgian Health Ministry on Saturday said three medical facilities and doctors were suspended from operating for illegally issuing strong psychotropic drug prescriptions without any medical examination in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi and the eastern city of Gori.