Monday, August 25, 2025

Four persons arrested for drug offenses in Tbilisi

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian police have arrested four individuals and charged them with drug-related offenses involving the illegal purchase, storage, distribution, and facilitation of narcotics, according to the Prosecutor’s Office. The arrests followed an investigation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Officials say the suspects had acquired and stored several types and quantities of drugs, including … Read more

Two Ukrainians arrested for drugs trafficking in Georgia

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian police have arrested two Ukrainian nationals on charges related to large-scale drug trafficking and possession, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The suspects, born in 2004 and 1998, were detained in the Imereti region during an operation by regional police. Authorities accuse the suspects of purchasing, storing, and … Read more

Georgian opposition party plants marijuana on New Year’s Eve

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(Pirveli TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of an opposition party in the former Soviet republic Georgia made a small marijuana plantation inside the party office on New Year’s Eve as part of a campaign to decriminalize soft drugs.

Zurab Japaridze, leader of a newly formed party called

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Campaigners' plea to president to free 22-year-old caught with ecstasy

KoteTBILISI, DFWatch–Groups demonstrated Thursday to ask the president to release a 22 year old man who is serving a one year prison sentence for possession of two grams of ecstasy.

Kote Japaridze, the recipient of a presidential scholarship, was arrested

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