Revenue Service seizes 9.3 kg of Ketamine from Ukrainian citizen at Tbilisi Airport
The body also said the case had been handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for further action. Photo: rs.ge
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Customs officers of the Georgian Revenue Service seized 9.3 kilograms of Ketamine from a Ukrainian citizen at the Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia’s capital, the body said on Wednesday.
The Service said its professionals had discovered the material bundled in three packages of polyethylene bags following a search of the individual’s luggage, with the items found in a concealed compartment.
The body also said the case had been handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for further action.
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.
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.
Georgian Interior Ministry, together with the Prosecutor’s Office solved a transnational crime involving drug-dealing scheme, identified dozens of members of the criminal group and arrested 22 individuals, Teimuraz Kupatadze, the head of the Central Criminal Police department said on Thursday at the press briefing.
Georgian police have detained an Iranian citizen for illegal purchase, possession and attempted smuggling of a large amount of drugs through western Georgia's port city of Poti, the Head of the Central Criminal Police Department said on Thursday.
The Investigative Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has found 18 pharmacies to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia, the state body said on Wednesday.
Georgian police on Tuesday said law enforcement officers had arrested 46 individuals on drug-related charges, including 36 for drug-dealing violations, in capital Tbilisi and other regions of the country.
Georgian customs officers detained a Georgian citizen for an attempted smuggling of drugs through the Sarpi border crossing checkpoint with Turkey in the south-west of the country, the Revenue Service announced on Tuesday.
Georgian police on Wednesday said law enforcement officers had arrested 112 individuals on drug-related charges, including 66 for drug-dealing, in capital Tbilisi and other regions of the country.
Interior Ministry statistics show 4,023 out of 5,492 individuals tested for drug use had confirmed cases of use across Georgia over the past year, with the figures including 10 minors.
Georgian police on Friday said law enforcement officers had arrested 270 individuals on drug-related charges, including 27 for drug-dealing, across the country since the beginning of the year.
Georgian police on Saturday said law enforcement officers had arrested ten individuals, including nationals from Georgia, Belarus and Israel, on drug-related charges in the capital Tbilisi and other regions of the country.