Police arrest 14 for drug dealing in Tbilisi, regions
Law enforcers seized heroin, alpha-PVP and buprenorphine during a personal search of the suspects. Photo: video grab.
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Georgian police have arrested a group of 14 individuals, including a foreign citizen, for sale, purchase and possession of illegal drugs in Tbilisi and other regions of the country, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday.
The police statement said law enforcers had discovered the suspects were selling drugs “on a regular basis”, and recorded evidence through a controlled purchase of various types of substances from the dealers.
Law enforcers seized heroin, alpha-PVP and buprenorphine during a personal search of the suspects.
The crime, which takes the number of individuals charged with the offence in Georgia this year to 88, is punishable up to 20 years in prison, or life imprisonment.
The Georgian police arrested 22 individuals, including 17 for drug dealing, in the Ponichala district of Tbilisi and in a number of regions of Georgia on Tuesday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia announced.
Four individuals were arrested in Tbilisi for drug-related crimes, following a police investigation spanning a recent period of time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia said on Monday.
Georgian police have arrested four foreign citizens on Thursday in Tbilisi, with the individuals charged for selling drugs online.
A foreign citizen was arrested at the Tbilisi International Airport and charged with illegal purchase, storage and smuggling 12 kilograms of marijuana, Georgia’s Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Georgian police officers have arrested 20 individuals for illegal purchase, possession and smuggling of drugs in capital Tbilisi and other regions of the country, with 14 of the arrested charged with drug-dealing, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said on Saturday that its employees had arrested two individuals for drug crimes, illegal manufacturing and possession of firearms in the central Shida Kartli and western Adjara regions of Georgia.
Georgian police have arrested 10 individuals, including foreign citizens, for sale, purchase and possession of illegal drugs in Tbilisi and other regions of the country.