Two Foreign Nationals Arrested in Tbilisi as Police Seize 43 Packages of Methadone

Georgian police have arrested two foreign nationals in Tbilisi on suspicion of illegally possessing particularly large quantities of narcotics and facilitating drug distribution, the Interior Ministry said.

According to the ministry, officers from the Gldani-Nadzaladevi and Isani-Samgori divisions of the Tbilisi Police Department detained the suspects in separate operations.

During investigative procedures, including personal searches of the suspects, police seized 43 packages containing methadone, allegedly prepared for distribution. The ministry described the quantity of the seized narcotics as particularly large.

An investigation is underway under Articles 260 and 260 quater of Georgia’s Criminal Code, which provide for penalties of up to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment upon conviction.

The Interior Ministry did not disclose the suspects’ nationalities or identities.