The officers of the Investigation and Detective Divisions of Kakheti Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as Sighnaghi, Gurjaani and Akhmeta District Divisions of the same department, as a result of operational measures and investigative actions conducted at different times, arrested 4 persons on charges of drug crimes.
The following persons are detained on charges of the repeated illegal purchase, storage and sale of narcotics: V.A., a citizen of the Republic of Iraq, born in 1995, and previously convicted persons: Sh.Ch., born in 1973, V.Gh., born in 1969, and R.I., born in 1990, currently under probation.
The committed crime envisions up to 17 years in prison.
The police, based on a judge's ruling, have repeatedly conducted undercover drug purchases from individuals arrested on charges of illegal drug trafficking and secretly recorded the mentioned purchases.
Law enforcement officers seized the narcotics "Buprenorphine", "Alpha-PVP" and "Dried Marijuana" as evidence after personal search and search activities held in their residential homes.
The investigation is ongoing under Articles 260, 260 Tertiary and 273 (1) of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
