Attempt to import large quantities of heroin into the country is prevented

On September 20, 2019, at the Zhibek Zholy checkpoint in the Saryagash district of the Turkestan region, servicemen of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan prevented the import of a large consignment of heroin into the country.

When inspecting a car under the control of a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan “H.A.”, born in 1994, there were signs of equipment in her cache.

During an in-depth technical inspection, 12 kilograms of a substance with specific characteristics were found in the bumper of a car, which was later recognized as heroin by experts.

The materials were registered in the prescribed manner, the citizen “Kh.A.”, the seized heroin and the car were handed over to law enforcement authorities for conducting a pre-trial investigation.

Since the beginning of the year, 120 kilograms of drugs have been withdrawn from illegal trafficking by Kazakhstani border guards at checkpoints across the State border.

Of these: heroin - 20 kg., Hash - 7 kg, cannabis resin more than 70 kg, as well as a large number of drugs of synthetic origin.

To effectively combat drug trafficking across the border, the Border Guard Service is introducing modern technical means of their search and detection

Press Service of the BS of the NSC RK