Officers of the Interior Ministry’s anti-drug unit shut down a supply channel moving cannabis-group drugs on an especially large scale from Kazakhstan’s southern regions to Mangystau.[1] In late May 2026 in Aktau, they detained a man suspected of illegal drug trafficking.[2] The suspect was placed in a temporary detention facility.[2] A pre-trial investigation was opened under part 4 of article 296 of Kazakhstan’s Criminal Code.[2]

Officers seized four packages containing hashish, and an expert examination put the total weight at more than 4 kg.[1] The Lada.kz account says the operation was jointly carried out by the regional anti-drug department and the 5th directorate of the National Security Committee’s regional department, coordinated by the Mangystau prosecutor’s office, with a service dog named Kira.[3] That account describes the case as illegal storage of drugs on an especially large scale without purpose of sale, with the city police investigative unit carrying out procedural steps.[3]