The employees of detectives (operational) division under the investigation main division of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of complex measures and investigative actions, arrested a citizen of Ukraine - O.O. (DoB 1980).
Detainee is charged with the illegal purchase-storage and selling of narcotics in especially large quantities and illegal import to Georgia.
The committed crime envisions up to 20 years or life imprisonment.
The investigation established that the accused person placed narcotic substances in different locations in Batumi, took photos, and sent them with appropriate markings afterwards as well as coordinates to the persons interested in purchasing drugs.
Law enforcement officers arrested O.O. in one of the villages of Khobi municipality. During the personal search of the accused person, police seized 102 packages of narcotic drug "Methadone" as evidence, and from the places indicated by the accused, law enforcers also seized particularly large amount - 156 packages of narcotic drug "Methadone".
The investigation into the fact of illegal purchase-storage-selling and illegal importation of a particularly large amount of narcotic drugs into Georgia is being investigated under Article 260, Parts VI and VII as well as Article 262, Part IV of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
