Employees of the Vake-Saburtalo Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia detained three people on charges of illegally purchasing and possessing narcotic drugs, facilitating their sale, as well as illegally sowing and cultivating a plant containing a narcotic substance. Two of those detained are foreign nationals. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reports.

“During searches of the suspects and their residential homes, law enforcement officers seized narcotic substances — ‘marijuana’ and the ‘cannabis’ plant — as evidence.

Police also seized materials necessary for packaging narcotic substances.

The investigation is being conducted under Articles 260, 260², and 265¹ of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which carry a penalty of up to 10 years’ imprisonment,” the statement said.