Georgian Police seize large amount of drugs

As a result of operational measures and investigative actions, officers of the Main Division for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Friday arrested one individual on charges of illegal purchase and storage of large and especially large amounts of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

The offenses are punishable by up to 20 years or life imprisonment.

As a result of searches of the detained person’s residence law enforcement officers seized various types of drugs in particularly large quantities as evidence, including, mephedrone, MDMA, methamphetamine, mushrooms containing psilocin, dried marijuana and pregabalin.

As a result of the investigative actions, the police also seized materials necessary for packaging narcotics, adhesive tapes and an electric scale.