Police arrest 5 drug dealers in Tbilisi

The Georgian Interior Ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department on Monday arrested five individuals on drug dealing charges as a result of operative and investigative actions.

Several individuals have been detained on charges of illegal purchase and possession of a particularly large quantity of narcotic substances, attempted sale and preparation for sale, as well as purchase and possession of marijuana, preparation for sale, and attempted sale, and also for the illegal cultivation of a plant containing a particularly large quantity of narcotic substances.

The crime is punishable by up to 20 years or life imprisonment.

Based on a judge’s warrant, the police conducted a controlled purchase of narcotics and recorded the transactions with covert audio and video equipment.

As a result of searches of the suspects’ persons and residences, as well as during an investigative experiment, narcotic substances that were prepared for sale - namely methadone, heroin, cannabis plant, and marijuana - were seized as evidence from locations indicated by the suspects.