Batumi police seize over 1kg of marijuana and 400g of synthetic drugs, arresting six, including three foreigners

Officers from the Adjara Main Division of the Interior Ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department arrested six people in Batumi in separate operations, three of them foreign nationals. They are charged with illegally acquiring and storing large and particularly large quantities of drugs.

According to the Interior Ministry, searches of the suspects, the flats they were renting and a car turned up various drugs, which were seized as evidence. These included more than a kilogram of dried marijuana and up to 400 grams of synthetic drugs.

The investigation is being conducted under Article 260(2) and (3) of the Criminal Code, which carry sentences of up to 20 years or life imprisonment.