Revenue Service says cross-border drug smuggling attempt prevented
Retrieved from concealed compartments on the body of a Turkish citizen, the pills were seized during the individual’s personal search. Photo: rs.ge
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Georgia’s Revenue Service on Tuesday said its professionals had prevented an attempt of smuggling of a “large quantity” of drugs across the south-western border with Turkey.
The body said the attempt had been made at the Sarpi border crossing, where officers seized 1,796 pills of Suboxone.
Retrieved from concealed compartments on the body of a Turkish citizen, the pills were seized during the individual’s personal search.
The case has been handed over to the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance.
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.
Georgian customs officers seized ₾76,430 ($28,901) in undeclared gold items on the Sarpi border crossing with Turkey in Georgia’s south-west, the Revenue Service announced on Tuesday.
Customs officers at the Kazbegi checkpoint on Georgia's northern border with Russia have seized about ₾768,250 ($307,344) worth of undeclared mobile phones, the Revenue Service said on Monday.
Customs officers of the Georgian Revenue Service seized about $187,397 in undeclared money at the Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia’s capital and Sarpi border crossing checkpoint with Turkey in the south-west of the country, the state service announced on Wednesday.
Georgian authorities identified 120 cases of illegal storage and transportation of excise-free tobacco products in the country in March, the Revenue Service announced on Tuesday.
Georgian customs officers seized a total of ₾55,582 ($21,972) in undeclared gold items on Georgia’s south-western Sarpi border crossing with Turkey, the Revenue Service announced on Thursday.
The Revenue Service of Georgia has received 50 tablets and 10 pieces of contraband detection equipment from the International Organisation for Migration with the support of the European Union, the Service said on Wednesday.
Law enforcement officers and the Revenue Service's Customs Department arrested three foreign citizens on drug-related charges, including purchase, possession and smuggling of drugs across the country over the recent period, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
The Revenue Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry on Friday said its customs officers had identified attempted smuggling of gold items by a group of Georgian and foreign nationals.
Georgian customs officers have seized ₾163,108 ($60,477) worth of undeclared gold items on the Sarpi border crossing checkpoint with Turkey in the south-west of the country, the Revenue Service said on Tuesday.