Kakheti police arrest three over cannabis growing and dealing, seizing large quantities of marijuana

Officers from the Interior Ministry’s Kakheti Police Department have arrested three people in separate operations. They face charges of illegally acquiring and storing a particularly large quantity of drugs as a group, facilitating their sale, and illegally sowing, growing and cultivating a particularly large quantity of drug-containing plants.

Searches of the suspects, a car, the yard of a house and a farm the suspects were temporarily using turned up particularly large quantities of drugs, including marijuana and cannabis plants.

Materials used to package drugs were also seized during the investigation.

The police are conducting an investigation under Articles 260, 260⁴ and 265¹ of the Criminal Code, which carry maximum penalties of 20 years or life imprisonment.