Police seize over 5 kg of heroin and 2 kg of cocaine, arrest 12 for drug-related crime in December
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia says that as of December 22 of this year, a total of 136 drug dealers have been arrested. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reports that police arrested 12 individuals for the purchase and possession of large amounts of drugs in Tbilisi and Adjara in December.
Two of the 12 arrested individuals are citizens of Turkey and Azerbaijan. The MIA reports that they are accused of the illegal purchase and possession of drugs in especially large quantities, smuggling on the territory of Georgia and attempted drug-dealing.
Georgian police officers seized two kilograms of cocaine and over five kilograms of heroin during a search of the suspects.
The MIA also reports that as of December 22 of this year, a total of 136 drug dealers have been arrested. Police have seized about 19 kg of heroin, four kg of cocaine, 5,000 pills of Subutex, three kilos of alpha-PVP, 26 kg of bio drugs and other drug substances.
Georgian law enforcers of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have detained 11 drug dealers in Ponichala district in Tbilisi and in Marneuli earlier today. The detainees have been accused of the illegal purchase, possession and sale of drugs in especially large quantities.
Georgian police have arrested four individuals for the illegal purchase and possession of large quantities of drugs in Tbilisi, Zugdidi and Marneuli, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA) reports.
Police have arrested 12 individuals, including 10 drug dealers, in the Ponichala and other districts of Tbilisi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that one of the 10 drug dealers is a citizen of Azerbaijan.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said the sale of psychotropic drugs should be tightened and he will personally oversee the issue.