As a result of jointly conducted operational measures and investigative actions, officers of Khelvachauri Police Division of Adjara Police Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Customs Department of the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance, a citizen of Ukraine, born in 1992, V.K., were arrested on charges of illegal purchase and storage of a particularly large amount of drugs and illegal import into Georgia.
The committed crime envisions up to 20 years or life imprisonment.
Law enforcement officers seized a particularly large amount of the drug "Methadone" on the territory of the border checkpoint "Sarpi" as a result of a personal search of the accused person.
The police arrested V.K. as an accused person.
The investigation is underway under Articles 260 and 262 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.