Police arrest foreign citizen for smuggling drugs, seize over 11 kg of marijuana
The package was extracted from a pre-arranged concealment section in the travel bag of the offender, who was attempting to smuggle the drugs into Georgia from South Africa, the statement said. Photo: video grab.
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Georgian police officers arrested a foreign citizen at the Batumi international airport, with the individual charged with illegal purchase, storage and smuggling of over 11 kilograms of marijuana, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
The state body said officers of its central criminal police department and finance ministry’s revenue service customs department had made the arrest and seized the batch from the person.
The package was extracted from a pre-arranged concealment section in the travel bag of the offender, who was attempting to smuggle the drugs into Georgia from South Africa, the statement said.
The crimes are punishable up to 20 years in prison, or life imprisonment.
An Iranian citizen was arrested at the Tbilisi International Airport on Tuesday after a canine officer and a police dog of the Customs Department of the Georgian Revenue Service discovered 394,43 grams of marijuana while inspecting luggage at the customs checkpoint.
The Central Criminal Police Department of the Georgian Interior Ministry and the Customs Development of the Revenue Service of the Finance Ministry arrested an Ukrainian citizen at Tbilisi International Airport for an attempt of smuggling cocaine in “especially large quantities”, the Interior Ministry announced on Friday.
Georgian law enforcers have detained one individual for the illegal purchase and possession of drugs, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA).
The Georgian Interior Ministry has charged 77 individuals of smuggling drugs into Georgia in between January and July 2019. The Ministry reports that three were detained for attempting to smuggle drugs in Georgia several days ago.
The Georgian finance ministry’s investigation service has arrested two individuals, including a foreign citizen, at the Sarpi customs checkpoint in south-west for an attempt of smuggling medicine and gold items in “especially large quantities”.
Turkish customs officers have arrested an individual for an attempt of smuggling a large number of bees from Georgia into the country, Turkish Daily Sabah has reported.
Georgian customs officers detained two Georgian citizens for attempted smuggling of a large amount of drugs through the Sarpi border crossing checkpoint with Turkey in the south-west of the country, the Revenue Service announced on Thursday.