TLASHADZE AND KAKASHVILI v. GEORGIA and 2 other applications

Communicated on 10 August 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 41674/10Tamaz TLASHADZE and Roman KAKASHVILI against Georgiaand 2 other applications (see list appended)1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. They are all Georgian nationals.A.  The circumstances of the cases2.  The facts of the cases, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.1.  Tlashadze and Kakashvili v. Georgia, application no. 41674/103.  The first applicant was arrested in Gori on 15 June 2009 on suspicion of drug possession. According to the search report, he was stopped and searched on the spot by three police officers between 23:25 and 23:40. A silver sachet containing half of a white-coloured pill, later confirmed to contain a drug called buprenorphine, was found in the right pocket of his jacket. The applicant refused to sign the personal search report. He was arrested and taken …