Seven detained in Tbilisi drug case with marijuana seized
Georgia's Central Criminal Police detained seven Georgian and foreign nationals in Tbilisi on charges of large-scale drug acquisition, storage and facilitation of sale. Searches recovered dried marijuana and THC alongside synthetic drugs, with the charges carrying up to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Officers of the Interior Ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department detained
seven people at different times in Tbilisi on charges of illegally acquiring and
storing drugs in an especially large amount and facilitating their sale.[1]Those detained included both Georgian citizens and foreign nationals.[2]Investigators said the suspects were involved in various drug-sale schemes, in
some cases acting as organised groups.[2]The investigation is proceeding
under Articles 260 and 260-4 of Georgia’s Criminal Code, covering illegal
acquisition and storage of drugs and facilitation of their sale.[2]
Searches of the suspects’ persons, homes and vehicles recovered drugs described
as especially large batches prepared for sale.[1]The cannabis component of
the seizure was dried marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).[1]Officers
also seized 352 wraps of alpha-PVP alongside mephedrone, methadone, clephedrone
and MDMA, which are not counted as cannabis.[2]Police also seized materials
intended for packaging drugs.[2]The Interior Ministry said the charges carry
up to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.[2]
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Police in Georgia detained two people in separate operations, including a controlled delivery of a parcel from abroad that held about 200 THC capsules. The second detention at Tbilisi airport involved methadone and buprenorphine, with both cases investigated as especially large-scale import punishable by up to life imprisonment.
Police detained a foreign truck driver at the Lagodekhi border crossing after finding nearly 12 kilograms of marijuana hidden in the cab. The suspect faces illegal purchase, possession and import charges that carry up to 20 years or life imprisonment.
Georgia's Central Criminal Police detained seven Georgian and foreign nationals on drug charges, seizing up to 4 kg of marijuana and 21 cannabis plants alongside other drugs. The investigation under articles carrying up to life imprisonment was still under way with no court outcome reported.
Georgia's Interior Ministry detained three people in the investigation into the death of Abkhaz blogger Daur Buava. Two were held on drug charges after searches in Tbilisi found marijuana and methadone in 10 packages, while a Ukrainian woman was charged with abandoning Buava in danger.