Almaty court gives Thailand parcel hashish-oil organiser 16 years
A jury court in Almaty sentenced the organiser of a hashish-oil smuggling channel from Thailand to 16 years in prison. Officers seized more than 5.7 kg of cannabis extract from parcels registered in the names of unaware relatives and friends.
A court in Almaty, sitting with a jury, convicted the organiser of a
drug-smuggling channel bringing narcotics from Thailand and sentenced him to 16
years in prison.[1]Investigators and the court established that the convicted
man had organised the unlawful import of hashish oil through international
postal shipments.[2]The narcotics were deliberately concealed inside ordinary
parcels and formally registered to relatives and acquaintances who had no
knowledge of the parcels’ actual contents.[1]
Law-enforcement officers intercepted several separate smuggling attempts in the
same channel and seized more than 5.7 kilograms of cannabis extract.[1]Officers also found additional narcotic drugs intended for further sale in the
convicted man’s possession.[2]Officers also found a round of ammunition that
the convicted man had kept in unlawful storage.[1]
The transport prosecutor’s office supported the state prosecution brought in the
Almaty criminal case.[2]The court verdict in this Almaty case had not yet
entered into legal force.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Cannabis
5.7 kg
Prison
16 years
Agency type
Prosecutor, Court
Cannabis
Hashish (5.7 kg); Oil or extract
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Port or sea, Mail or parcel, Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Prison
Route
Thailand → Kazakhstan
Sources
24KZ24.kzRUКанал поставок наркотиков из Таиланда раскрыли в Казахстане: организатору дали 16 лет
No separate date for the court hearing was published; 21 July 2026 is the date of the transport prosecution statement and 22 July 2026 is the 24KZ publication date, and the report uses 21 July as the incident date.
The seized substance is described only as hashish oil and cannabis extract, with no laboratory breakdown or valuation published.
The sources give no number of parcels or smuggling attempts, and no name, age or gender for the convicted organiser.
The additional drugs found prepared for sale were not identified or weighed separately, so their weight is excluded from the cannabis figure.
The round of ammunition is a non-cannabis item and is excluded from cannabis figures.
Coverage of the same channel mentions a separate 17 July 2026 sentence in Astana over Thailand parcels, a different event left out of this report.
A court in Aktobe sentenced a 43-year-old man from the town of Shu to six years in prison for storing and selling marijuana, after he tried to sell 100 kilograms to an undercover KNB officer for 13 million tenge. In court he said he had found the bags beside the Aktobe-Atyrau highway and drove them into the city to pay off debts.
Court No. 2 in Kostanay sentenced 29-year-old Aleksandr Nerush to seven years in a medium-security facility for transporting and storing marijuana with intent to sell. He hid three packets of marijuana inside a punching bag bought in Almaty and carried it to Kostanay.
A specialised court in Uralsk fined a convoy-unit police sergeant 173,000 tenge after a medical check found cannabinoids and he admitted using marijuana. The West Kazakhstan regional court said the ruling had not yet entered into force.
Bayzak District Court sentenced a Zhambyl police lieutenant colonel and UBOP operative to seven years, reduced to four years and eight months under amnesty, for keeping more than 2 kg of hashish at his workplace. Officers of the regional National Security Committee department detained him, and the court also stripped him of his rank.
Arrested 1Sentenced 1Cannabis 2 kgPrison 4 years and 8 months
