Foreign woman held at Batumi airport with 11.2 kg of marijuana
Georgian police detained a 37-year-old foreign woman at Batumi International Airport after finding 11.2 kg of marijuana hidden in her travel bag, which investigators said she had brought from South Africa. A criminal case was opened under charges carrying 15 to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
🇬🇪 Batumi International Airport, Batumi, Adjara · Georgia
Georgian police detained a 37-year-old foreign woman at Batumi International
Airport after finding more than 11 kg of marijuana in her luggage.[1]The
Interior Ministry’s press service announced the detention.[2]
Investigators established that the woman had brought the drugs into Georgia from
South Africa.[1]A search of her luggage found 11.2 kilograms of marijuana
packed in 11 bags in a hiding place inside a travel bag.[1]The substance was
seized as material evidence.[1]
A criminal case was opened under two articles of Georgia’s Criminal Code,
covering the illegal import of a large amount of narcotics into Georgia and the
illegal acquisition, storage and transport of an especially large amount of
marijuana.[1]The two charges carry 15 to 20 years in prison or life
imprisonment.[1]The Interior Ministry reported the case on 20 September 2022.[2]Sputnik Georgia reported the same Interior Ministry account, including the
11.2 kilograms found in a hidden compartment of a travel bag.[3]
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The articles give no separate date for the detention; 20 September 2022 is the day the Interior Ministry announced it and is used as the incident date.
The suspect's nationality and name were not published, only that she is a 37-year-old foreign citizen.
No cannabis value was published.
The Armenian and Sputnik reports carry the same wording from the Interior Ministry statement, so they may count as one account rather than independent reporting.
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