ArmInfo. Customs officers found drugs in a passenger bus that crossed the Georgian-Russian border through the Kazbegi CCI. This was reported today in the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia . According to the department, the bus was driven by a citizen of Armenia.
"The Georgian customs officials had some suspicions on the basis of which they decided to check the vehicle. As a result, they found 149 grams of cocaine and 64 grams of hash on the bus. The case was transferred to the criminal police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kazbegi. The Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case under article "Illegal import into Georgia, export from Georgia or international transit of drugs, their analogues or precursors", which provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of six to Yati years ", - reported in the department, according to the Georgia- Online.
As ArmInfo previously reported, the Armenian Embassy in Georgia also made a statement on this incident, informing that a bus was found on a bus detained on the Georgian side of the Verkhny Las checkpoint on the night of November 22-23 and the next to Armenia. The embassy emphasized that Georgian law enforcement authorities are carrying out investigative measures, three Armenian citizens were detained, the passengers of the bus were released after interrogation.
The Armenian Embassy also informed that the diplomats delivered food and essentials to the citizens of Armenia on the bus.
"The Armenian Embassy in Georgia is carrying out the necessary work with the relevant Georgian structures to ensure the prompt movement of the Armenian citizens who were on the bus to their homeland," the Armenian Embassy said, adding that additional information will be given on the further development of the situation.