Employees of the District Inspectors and Detective Divisions of the Adjara Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested A.K., born in 1990, for drug offenses.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is accused of illegally purchasing and storing a large number of drugs.
The offense carries up to 20 years or life imprisonment.
"As part of the investigation, as a result of operative-investigative measures carried out based on a judge's decision, it was established that the detainee was involved in a scheme of selling drugs on the Internet. In particular, to further sell drugs through Internet applications and social networks, he placed drugs on different locations in Batumi and videotaped the area.
As a result of searching the accused's personal and temporary residence in Batumi, the law enforcers seized seven packages of ready-to-sell, heroin-containing drugs, and a small scale as evidence.
The investigation is underway under Article 260, Part 6, Subparagraph 'a" of the Criminal Code of Georgia," the statement said.
