Belarusian citizens arrested in Adjara on drug possession charges

Officers of the Ajara Main Division of the Central Criminal Police Department under Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs have arrested two citizens of the Republic of Belarus on charges of illegal acquisition and possession of narcotic drugs in large and especially large quantities.

The MIA said the suspects - I.K., born in 2003, and I.V., born in 2005 - were detained in Khelvachauri Municipality.

During searches of the suspects’ personal belongings and their temporary residence, law enforcement officers seized nearly half a kilogram of dried marijuana, packaged into 100 separate bundles, which was taken as material evidence.

The investigation is being conducted under Article 260, Parts 2 and 3(a) of the Criminal Code of Georgia, an offence punishable by up to eight years’ imprisonment, the ministry said.