Tuesday03 December 2024
toshkent24.com

The Astana Financial Monitoring Department has disrupted a drug supply channel from the United States.

The supply of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in significant quantities from the USA, disguised as postal packages containing consumer goods, has been intercepted by the capital's Anti-Drug Control Department, reports Bizmedia.kz.
Департамент АФМ Астаны остановил канал поставок наркотиков из США.

During an inspection using a service search dog at a temporary storage facility in the customs control zone, approximately 1 kg of the narcotic substance "hashish" was discovered and seized.

As a result of monitoring conducted during the pre-trial investigation, the presence of another package was identified in one of the city branches of JSC "Kazpost" addressed to the same recipients. The package contained a potent psychoactive substance – tetrahydrocannabinol and its isomers, weighing over 7 grams in total.

During a search of the apartment of one of the suspects, narcotic substances, as well as packaging materials and scales, were found.

By court decision, two defendants in the case were found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for 8 and 18 years, respectively, to be served in a medium-security penal colony.

Since the beginning of the current year, the Anti-Drug Service has registered 116 criminal cases related to smuggling and illegal drug trafficking. A total of 57.3 kg of narcotic substances, 1.7 kg of psychoactive substances, 206,000 anabolic steroids (toxic substances), and 1,680 bottles of eye drops "Tropicamide" have been seized.