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Day: June 10, 2026
Georgia’s Interior Ministry said on June 10 that it had arrested 119 individuals on drug-related charges, including 49 suspected drug dealers, during a nationwide operation conducted over the previous 48 hours. The detainees include both Georgian and foreign nationals and face up to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.
Announcing the operation, Tbilisi Police Chief Vazha Siradze said law enforcement officers seized “particularly large quantities” of drugs and psychotropic substances during searches of suspects, their vehicles, and residences, as well as from locations identified through the investigation. The substances include “heroin, cocaine, alpha-PVP, methadone, mephedrone, buprenorphine, and others.”
Siradze said police also seized materials “used for packaging narcotic substances, money allegedly obtained from the sale of narcotics, a large number of firearms and ammunition.” He added that investigators had carried out multiple “controlled purchases” of drugs and made covert audio and video recordings of the transactions.
“Evidence obtained through investigative actions establishes that the detained drug dealers were systematically selling narcotic substances to citizens in exchange for money,” Siradze noted, adding that the ministry’s stated “uncompromising” fight against drug-related and organized crime will continue across the country.
The latest operation follows a series of large-scale anti-drug crackdowns. In January, police arrested 88 drug dealers and others involved in drug-related crimes, while in February, police arrested 97 people in operations targeting organized crime, including 81 accused of drug dealing and related offenses. At the end of 2025, the ministry said more than 5,000 people had been arrested for drug-related offenses over seven months, including 2,000 involved in drug dealing.
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Mamuka Artmeladze, a 43-year-old Georgian national, died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in Louisiana on June 4, the agency announced on June 7. According to ABC News, he is the 50th person to die in ICE detention during the second Trump administration.
ICE said Artmeladze, an “illegal alien from the country of Georgia,” was “found unresponsive” at 10:37 p.m., prompting staff at Winn Correctional Center to call a medical emergency and begin “lifesaving measures.” He was transported by ambulance to Winn Parish Medical Center, where “medical personnel continued resuscitation efforts,” but was pronounced dead by an on-site doctor at approximately 11:22 p.m.
“His official cause of death is currently pending an autopsy,” ICE said.
According to the agency, Artmeladze entered the United States “illegally and without inspection at an unknown date and time.” On September 25, 2022, he was encountered by U.S. Border Patrol. Officials said he was released on parole and instructed to report to ICE within 60 days.
On February 5, 2026, “ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans encountered Artmeladze near Fackler, Alabama, during an operation targeting commercial vehicle drivers who posed public safety risks,” the agency said, adding that he was taken into custody “after officials determined he had no lawful status to remain in the United States.”
The agency said it had notified the Department of Homeland Security, the DHS Office of Inspector General, and ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility following the death, in line with agency procedures. According to the statement, the Georgian Consulate was also notified, along with Artmeladze’s next of kin or other designated contacts.
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