Police detain 11 drug dealers in Tbilisi and Marneuli
The detainees have been accused of the illegal purchase, possession and sale of drugs in especially large quantities. Photo: shot from MIA video.
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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.
The crime is punishable by eight to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Based on the judge's decision, the law enforcers covertly purchased heroin drug from the detained individuals and audio-video taped the process", reads the press-release published by the MIA.
During the personal search and search activities held in residential houses, the police seized drugs prepared and ready for sale, namely 45 packages of heroin and cash.
Georgian police have detained one individual in Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi for the possession and sale of heroin in large quantities with the use of social media and Internet applications.
Georgian police have detained an Azerbaijani citizen for drug possession, who intended to import a large amount of methadone in Georgia from Azerbaijan.
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Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri stated that 2020 was a year of ‘sudden and difficult challenges.’ “The ministry had to carry out a range of activities at the same time. We were ensuring order and safety, controlling the state border, fighting with criminal, ensuring the defence of human rights, fighting against fires and natural disasters, ensuring a safe electoral environment, ensuring traffic safety, carrying out infrastructural projects and the instructions of the Government's Coordinating Council against coronavirus round the clock,” Gomelauri said.
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