Officers of the Interior Ministry’s Service for Combating Illegal Drug Trafficking broke up a group suspected of transporting and selling cannabis-group drugs, the ministry said.[1] On 26 July 2026, during an operational search, officers examined a Toyota Camry driven by a man identified as T. Zh. M., born in 1993, and found five sacks of marijuana weighing 28 kilograms 666 grams in the trunk.[1] Three more suspects were detained the same day: E. D. D., born in 1994, I. U. O., born in 1995, and B. K. M., born in 1984, making four people held in all.[1]

Searches at their homes in Jumgal district, Naryn Region, found a further 482 grams of marijuana, bringing the total seized to 29.148 kilograms.[1] Officers also seized gauze, a gas cylinder, a hotplate and various containers that investigators suspect were used to make drugs.[1]

A criminal case was opened under the Kyrgyz criminal code article on the illegal manufacture of drugs for sale.[1] The investigation is working to identify other possible members of the group and its drug supply channels.[1] Kaktus.media reported that the case was opened under article 282 of the Kyrgyz criminal code.[2]

Reporter.kg, citing the ministry, gave the four suspects’ ages as 33, 32, 31 and 42 rather than their birth years.[3] Reporter.kg said the anti-drug service detained four people on suspicion of transporting and selling drugs.[3]