Police arrest 112 on drug violations across Georgia
The Department Head also noted 282 drug dealers had been arrested throughout the country this year, and added police had seized 84 kg of heroin, 20 kg of Alpha PVP, 9,500 pills of Subutex and Suboxone, 2.5 kg of cocaine, 304 kg of marijuana, 4 tonnes of cannabis as well as 13 kg of “various psychotropic drugs” and 3 kg of “new psychoactive substances”. Photo: Interior Ministry
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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.
Teimuraz Kupatadze, the Head of the Central Criminal Police Department, said the arrested individuals included nationals from Georgia, the United States, Turkey, Ukraine, India, Iran, Russia, Jordan, Egypt and Eritrea.
He said police officers had seized “large and especially large” amounts of narcotic and psychotropic drugs including heroin, cocaine, Alpha PVP, Subutex, LSD, Ketamine, methamphetamine, marijuana, cannabis and other substances from locations indicated by the offenders, as well as during searches of the individuals, residential houses and vehicles related to them.
He also said police officers had seized a firearm, three guns, two hunting rifles, cartridges as well as computers, mobile phones, electronic scales and money allegedly obtained from drug sales as part of their efforts.
The offences are punishable by 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
The Department Head also noted 282 drug dealers had been arrested throughout the country this year, and added police had seized 84 kg of heroin, 20 kg of Alpha PVP, 9,500 pills of Subutex and Suboxone, 2.5 kg of cocaine, 304 kg of marijuana, 4 tonnes of cannabis as well as 13 kg of “various psychotropic drugs” and 3 kg of “new psychoactive substances”.
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.
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.
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 55 individuals on drug-related charges, including 37 for drug-dealing.
Georgian police have arrested 14 individuals in capital Tbilisi and other regions of the country on charges of illegal purchase and storage of firearms and ammunition over a recent period, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Thursday.
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.