Police arrest over 10 individuals on drug violations across Georgia
The Department Head said police officers had seized “various kinds” of “especially large amounts” of substances including heroin, cocaine, alpha PVP and marijuana as part of their efforts. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgian police on Tuesday said law enforcement officers had arrested more than 10 individuals, including a Ukrainian citizen, on drug-related charges in ongoing operations across the country.
The release detailed violations by individuals and organised groups involved in offences, and came with a wider update that said law enforcement officers had arrested 41 persons on the charge over a recent period.
Among the most recent cases, Central Criminal Police Department Head Teimuraz Kupatadze cited offences by a Ukrainian citizen who he said had placed a “large amount” of drugs at nine locations in the yard of the Svetitskhoveli cathedral, an 11th century UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mtskheta, near capital Tbilisi, before selling them through “various internet applications”.
Kupatadze also noted other cases involving an organised group and three arrests, with the operation ongoing in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Rustavi and other locations across the country.
He also said the 41 individuals arrested with related charges over the recent period included citizens of Georgia, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine and Yemen, with 32 charged specifically with drug-dealing.
The Department Head said police officers had seized “various kinds” of “especially large amounts” of substances including heroin, cocaine, alpha PVP and marijuana as part of their efforts.
Four individuals have been arrested for group extortion of large amounts of money, group violence, illegal possession of drugs and failure to report crime, Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs 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.
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 on Thursday said law enforcement officers had arrested 52 individuals on drug-related charges, including 37 for drug-dealing, sale, purchase, possession and smuggling of drugs, in capital Tbilisi and other regions of the country.
Georgian police on Thursday said law enforcement officers had arrested 55 individuals on drug-related charges, including 37 for drug-dealing.
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 police on Sunday said law enforcement officers had arrested two foreign citizens on drug-related charges, including purchase, possession and smuggling of drugs into the country.