Man on suspended sentence arrested in Adjara over large drug possession

Officers from the Adjara Main Division of the Central Criminal Police Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia have arrested a man on charges of the illegal purchase and possession of an especially large quantity of наркотic substances.

R.J., born in 1992 and currently serving a suspended sentence, was detained as a result of investigative measures, the ministry press office said.

Law enforcement officers seized up to one kilogram of dried marijuana as evidence during a search of a vehicle under the suspect’s control.

The crime is punishable by up to 20 years’ imprisonment.