According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the officers of the Main Division for Combating Drug Trafficking of the Criminal Police Department, as a result of operative and investigative measures, arrested V.A., born in 1978. on charges of illegal purchase and storage of a large amount of drugs.
According to the agency, the offense carries a maximum sentence of 8 to 20 years or a lifetime in prison.
During the search of the detainee's temporary apartment, the law enforcers seized up to half a kilogram of heroin. An investigation is underway into the fact of illegal purchase and storage of a particularly large amount of drugs under Article 260, Part 6, Subparagraph "a" of the Criminal Code of Georgia.