Three arrested in Aktau as police seize 196 kg of marijuana
Police in Aktau detained three suspects accused of storing and selling drugs and seized 196 kg of marijuana, including more than 100 kg found in a hidden basement store. A court ordered the three held in pre-trial detention for two months while a criminal case proceeds.
🇰🇿 Aktau, Mangystau Region · Kazakhstan
Arrested
3
Cannabis
196 kg
Agencies
Mangystau Region Police Department, Mangystau Region Prosecutor's Office
In Aktau, police detained three suspects accused of storing and selling
narcotics.[1]A criminal case was opened over the seizure.[1]A court
ordered the three suspects held in a pre-trial detention facility for two
months.[2]
Searches at several addresses found large batches of marijuana together with
electronic scales, packing materials and a pneumatic weapon.[1]Officers also
found a hidden store in the basement of a house where the detainees lived, with
four boxes holding bags of marijuana weighing more than 100 kg.[1]Police put
the total weight of the seized substance at 196 kg.[1]A forensic chemical
examination confirmed that the seized substance was marijuana.[2]
The operation was carried out by the anti-extremism department of the Mangystau
Region police, coordinated with the regional prosecutor’s office and supported
by the SOBR special unit.[1]Officers used a service dog named Kira during the
operation.[1]Police said the operation took place under the Pravoporyadok
preventive campaign to identify people involved in drug trafficking.[1]
Photos and video
Seized marijuana from the Aktau operation. Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan via KazTAGPhoto details
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No separate date is given for the searches or arrests; 21 October 2025, the publication date of both reports, is used as the incident date.
The names and ages of the three suspects were not reported.
No value estimate for the seized marijuana was reported.
KazTAG cites the Interior Ministry's official resource and Polisia.kz is the Interior Ministry's own portal, so the two accounts are not independent of the police statement.
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