Four foreign citizens arrested, charged with selling drugs online
The crime is punishable up to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment. Photo: video grab.
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Georgian police have arrested four foreign citizens on Thursday in Tbilisi, with the individuals charged for selling drugs online.
The interior ministry said officers of the Central Criminal Police Department, together with the officers of the Customs Department of the Revenue Service, had arrested a Brazilian citizen, identified only as F.S.
The investigation shows F.S. was attempting to smuggle up to one kilogram of cocaine, hidden in his body, into Georgia through Tbilisi International Airport”, an official statement released by the MIA said.
The ministry also said police officers had prevented illegal sale of drugs through the internet, and seized substances placed in different spots in the capital, with intention of delivery to buyers through one of the internet platforms.
Three foreign citizens were arrested for the latter crime, with up to 250 grams of methadone-containing substances and cash seized during their personal search at residential houses of the accused.
The crime is punishable up to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
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 police have detained 20 drug dealers and eight other individuals for the illegal purchase and possession of a total of over one kg of heroin and 129 pills of Subutex in the Ponichala district outskirts of Tbilisi.Georgia
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