The Prosecutor`s Office of Georgia has charged 142 individuals, including foreign citizens, with the illegal acquisition, storage, sale, facilitation of sale of large and especially large quantities of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, cultivation and cultivation of narcotic drugs, as well as the purchase and storage of firearms and ammunition.

The investigation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs revealed that the defendants illegally purchased and stored various types and quantities of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, including large and especially large quantities, which they priced and placed in various locations. Some of the defendants were involved in the sale of narcotic drugs.

As a result of the measures taken, law enforcement officers seized narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances: heroin, cocaine, methadone, buprenorphine, dried marijuana, MDMA, alpha PVP, amphetamine, herbal cannabis, pregabalin and items necessary for packaging narcotic drugs. Firearms and ammunition were also seized.

The detainees are charged under Article 260, Part 1, Part 2, Subparagraphs "a" and "a" of Part 3 of the Criminal Code (illegal purchase and storage of narcotic drugs, including in large and especially large quantities), Article 260, Part 5, "a" and "a" of Part 6 of the Criminal Code (illegal sale of narcotic drugs, in large and especially large quantities), Article 260, Part 5, "a" and "a" of Part 6 of the Criminal Code (promotion of illegal sale of narcotic drugs in large and especially large quantities), Article 260, Part 1 (promotion of illegal sale of narcotic drugs, marijuana) and Article 260, Part 1 (promotion of illegal sale of marijuana). sale), Article 261, Part 2, Subparagraph "a" and Part 3, Subparagraph "a" (illegal purchase and storage of a large and especially large amount of a psychotropic substance or its analogue), Article 265, Part 3, Subparagraph "a" (illegal sowing, growing or cultivating a plant containing narcotic drugs), Article 236, Part 3 (purchase and storage of firearms and ammunition), which provides for a term of up to 20 years or life imprisonment as the form and extent of punishment.

Based on the prosecutor`s office`s motion, some of the defendants have already been sentenced to imprisonment as a preventive measure, while the court will try the rest within the time limit established by law.