More than 9 kilograms of marijuana were found and seized

Illegal storage and transportation for the purpose of selling narcotic drugs on a particularly large scale has been suppressed in the East Kazakhstan transport region.

Coordination of the work of law enforcement agencies to curb the spread of drugs is one of the priorities of the Transport Prosecutor's Office.

According to the results of the interdepartmental meeting held by the East Kazakhstan Transport Prosecutor's Office together with the Linear Police Department at the Oskemen-1 station, a plan of specific measures to prevent the spread of drugs in transport was developed, an instruction was given to conduct operational search measures, which gave its results.

In December 2021, employees of the Linear Police Department during operational search activities detained a previously convicted resident of Ust-Kamenogorsk, citizen K. on suspicion of illegal possession and sale of narcotic drugs.

During the searches at his places of work and residence, as well as in the car, narcotic drugs "dried marijuana" with a total weight of more than 9 kilograms were found and seized in packaged form.

These actions are qualified as a particularly serious crime under Article 297, Part 3, paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On May 12, 2022, by the verdict of the interdistrict specialized criminal court of the East Kazakhstan Region, citizen K. was found guilty of committing the specified crime and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 10 years, narcotic drugs were destroyed.

The verdict of the court has entered into legal force.

 

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