One held as Almaty police seize over 3 kg with cannabis extract and hashish
Almaty police detained a suspect and seized over 3 kg of drugs, including cannabis extract, marijuana and hashish, when they searched him and his home for a packaging operation. The man was placed in temporary detention while a pretrial investigation continues into the supply channel.
Almaty police detained a suspect during operational-search measures against the
unlawful storage and packaging of drugs.[1]Police said the man was detained
and drugs were found on him.[2]A search at his home turned up cannabis
extract, marijuana and hashish.[1]
Officers also seized electronic scales, vacuum-packing equipment and packaging
materials.[1]Police said the equipment suggested the substances were being
packaged and prepared for sale.[3]The seized drugs weighed more than 3 kg in
total.[1]The suspect was placed in a temporary detention facility.[1]A
pretrial investigation is under way to establish the circumstances and possible
supply channels.[1]The investigation is aimed at identifying all
circumstances and possible channels through which the drugs arrived.[2]
Baturzhan Abdumasarov, head of the Almaty police department’s drug-crime unit,
said the operation removed a large batch of drugs from circulation.[1]Abdumasarov said the presence of packaging equipment indicated possible
preparation for distribution.[1]He said such cases are under special scrutiny
and that anti-drug work is conducted systematically.[1]
NUR.KZ reported that the search took place in the detained man’s flat, where
drugs and packaging equipment were seized.[4]
Case data
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Police in Atameken village, Munaily District, stopped a 48-year-old man's Opel Vectra during the Qarasora and Kanal operations and found two packets holding about 2 kg 355 g of plant material thought to be marijuana. A criminal case was opened under article 297 and the suspect was placed in a temporary detention facility.
Akmola Region police reported seizing 188 kg of cannabis-group substances during the 2026 Qarasora operation, which ran from 1 June to 30 October. They also issued 106 orders to destroy wild cannabis and detained 18 people accused of distributing drugs through hidden stashes.
Kazakhstan's security service detained three foreigners and two Kazakh citizens on 1 November 2026 in a Caspian Sea operation against an international drug channel. Officers seized 27 kg of hashish and 60 kg of marijuana, plus 22 kg of opium and a fast boat, and opened a pre-trial investigation.
Officers from five Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) states, joined by Chinese and Iranian representatives, seized more than 11.4 tonnes of drugs, including more than 1,260 kg of marijuana and over 232 kg of hashish, in the five-day "Canal – Caspian Lighthouse" operation. They detained 376 suspected traffickers and broke up 101 drug groups.
