Two Ukrainian citizens detained in Tbilisi over large-scale drug offences

Police in Tbilisi have detained two Ukrainian citizens on suspicion of the illegal purchase, possession and facilitation of the sale of narcotics in particularly large quantities, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia said on Wednesday.

The suspects, born in 1992 and 1985, were arrested by officers from the patrol police department’s Tbilisi division.

Law enforcement officers seized 108 packages of the narcotic substance Methadone, prepared for distribution, from the defendants’ temporary residence and other locations across the city.

Police also recovered materials used for packaging drugs.

The offences carry penalties of up to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.