TOPALOGLU v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 25 April 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 25406/08Muittin TOPAL-OGLUagainst Georgialodged on 22 April 2008STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Muittin Topal-Oglu, is a Turkish national who was born in 1966 and lives in Hopa. He is represented before the Court by Mr G. Zirakishvili and Ms M. Pkhaladze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi. The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.2.  On 23 June 2005, on the basis of operational information, Z.M. was arrested on suspicion of the unlawful possession of drugs. During his personal search about 1 kg of heroin was found in the bag he was carrying. Some additional heroin was also found on his person and in his apartment. On the same date Z.M. gave a self-incriminating statement, naming the applicant as his supplier.3.  On the next day the applicant was arrested at the Sarpi border crossing …