Two Armenians held at Sadakhlo with marijuana and pills
Georgian customs and patrol police detained two Armenian citizens at the Sadakhlo checkpoint on the Armenian border after finding marijuana and tablets on them. One man carried marijuana said to have been bought in Armenia, and the case materials were handed to the patrol police.
Officers of the Georgian Revenue Service Customs Department and the patrol
police detained Armenian citizens at the Sadakhlo checkpoint on the
Georgian-Armenian border after finding drugs on them.[1]A search of the first
detainee, identified only as G. A., found marijuana in a plastic bag in his left
trouser pocket, which he said he had bought in Armenia.[1]Officers also found
three Subutex tablets and 13 Lyrica tablets in G. A.’s luggage.[2]G. A. told
officers that a second Armenian citizen, I. A., had arrived in Georgia with him.[1]
Officers found a paper-wrapped white tablet marked Subutex in I. A.’s right
sock.[1]The Revenue Service press service reported the detentions on Tuesday,
7 May 2013, which is used as the incident date.[1]All case materials were
handed to the patrol police for further action.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Agencies
Customs Department of the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia; Patrol Police
Agency type
Customs, Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Land border
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Kvemo Kartli
Route
Armenia → Georgia via Sadakhlo
Date
Publication date
Sources
Armenpressarmenpress.amRUГраждане Армении задержаны за ввоз в Грузию марихуаны, "Суботекса" и "Лирики"
No weight was reported for the marijuana, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The detainees were identified only by initials G. A. and I. A.; their full names, ages and sexes were not reported.
The reports give the Revenue Service statement date of 7 May 2013 but no separate detention date, so the publication date is used as the incident date.
No charges, custody decision or court outcome were reported; the case was handed to the patrol police for further action.
Subutex and Lyrica tablet counts are left out of cannabis figures because they are not cannabis products.
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