The officers of Gldani-Nadzaladevi Main Division of Tbilisi Police Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained a foreign citizen - A.S.(DoB1987), as a result of operative and investigative activities for drug-related crime.
The investigation established that the accused person was involved in a scheme of selling drugs through Internet. Law enforcers arrested A.S. in Nadzaladevi district when he was about to place methadone-containing drugs in different places for further sale.
Police seized 157 packages of methadone and a powder containing the same narcotic as evidence as a result of personal search and search activities held in his temporary place of residence and the vehicle owned by him.
The committed crime envisages from 8 to 20 years or lifetime imprisonment.
Investigation is underway on the fact of illegal purchase and storage of drugs in especially large quantities under Article 260, Part VI of the Criminal Code of Georgia.