Turkish national arrested at Sarpi border crossing trying to smuggle nearly 100g of cocaine into Georgia

Officers from the Adjara Main Division of the Interior Ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department and the Customs Department of the Finance Ministry’s Revenue Service have arrested a Turkish citizen. He is charged with illegally acquiring, storing and bringing into Georgia a particularly large quantity of drugs.

According to the Interior Ministry, officers searched the suspect at the Sarpi customs checkpoint, seizing nearly 100 grams of cocaine as evidence, which counts as a particularly large quantity under Georgian law.

The investigation is being conducted under Articles 260 and 262 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which carry sentences of up to 20 years or life imprisonment.