Foreign citizen arrested in Tbilisi over possession, distribution of large quantities of drugs

A foreign national has been arrested in Tbilisi on suspicion of illegally possessing and storing particularly large quantities of narcotics and facilitating their sale, Georgia’s Interior Ministry has said.

Officers from the Didube-Chugureti Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department carried out investigative operations in the capital, including searches of the suspect and his temporary residence, the ministry said.

During the searches, law enforcement officers seized 1,389 tablets of methadone, along with marijuana, as evidence. 

The charges carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years or life imprisonment.