The Prosecutor`s Office of Georgia has charged 7 individuals, including foreign citizens, with facilitating the illegal acquisition, storage and sale of large and especially large quantities of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

The investigation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs established that the defendants illegally purchased and stored a particularly large amount of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for the purpose of facilitating their sale: Alpha PVP, MDMA, Tetrahydrocannabinol, Methadone, Mephedrone, Marijuana and Clephedrone, which were seized by the employees of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a result of the measures taken, including the seizure of narcotic drugs located at various locations within the framework of the investigative experiment. Items necessary for packaging narcotic drugs were also seized from the defendants` homes.

The detainees were charged under Article 260, Part 2, Subparagraphs "a", "a" and "a" of Part 3 of the Criminal Code (illegal purchase and storage of large and especially large quantities of narcotic drugs), Article 260, Part 5, Subparagraph "a" and "a" of Part 6 of the Criminal Code (facilitation of illegal sale of large and especially large quantities of narcotic drugs), and Article 261, Part 3, Subparagraph "a" (illegal purchase and storage of especially large quantities of psychotropic substances), which provides for up to 20 years or life imprisonment as a form and measure of punishment.

Based on the prosecutor`s request, the defendants have already been sentenced to imprisonment as a preventive measure.