Turkish citizen arrested in Batumi over alleged psychotropic drug smuggling

Officers from the Adjara Main Division of the Central Criminal Police Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, in cooperation with the Customs Department of the Revenue Service under the Ministry of Finance, have arrested a citizen of the Republic of Türkiye on charges of illegally purchasing, possessing and importing a particularly large quantity of psychotropic substances into Georgia.

According to investigators, law enforcement officers discovered 155 tablets of the psychotropic substance pregabalin during an inspection of the suspect’s hand luggage at Batumi International Airport.

The offences are punishable by up to 12 years in prison.