The employees of the Central Criminal Police Department's Main Division for Combating Illegal Drug Trafficking of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Police Department, and the Customs Department of the Revenue Service, as a result of complex operational measures and investigative actions jointly conducted at different times, arrested 3 foreign citizens on charges of drug crimes.
On charges of illegal purchase and storage of particularly large amount of narcotic drugs and illegal importation into Georgia, citizens of a foreign country were arrested: A.M., born in 1993, S.T., born in 1985. and born in 1987, M.L.
The crime is punishable by up to 20 years or life imprisonment.
As a result of the personal search of the detainees, the police seized various types of narcotics as evidence.
Law enforcement officers arrested A.M. at the Tbilisi International Airport. As a result of his personal search, 125 packages containing 1 kilo and 352 grams of narcotic drug "cocaine" were seized as evidence. Up to 50 grams of "methadone" was seized from S.T., and as for the arrested M.L., during his personal search, the police seized narcotic drug "cocaine” in one package.
The investigation is being conducted under Articles 260 and 262 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
