Karaganda Region police detained a 45-year-old resident of Karaganda suspected of storing and selling drugs in especially large quantities during the national Karasora-2026 operation.[1] Officers searched the man and seized drugs, electronic scales and packaging materials, which police said indicated the drugs were being prepared for sale.[1] Investigators then found a second stash of drugs and seized more material there during an authorised search of a second address.[1]

According to preliminary figures, police took about 15 kg of hashish and more than 150 kg of marijuana out of circulation.[1] The interior ministry’s statement listed the haul as about 15 kg of hashish and more than 150 kg of marijuana.[2] The regional police department put the total weight of the seized drugs at about 180 kg and said it fell in the especially large quantity category under Kazakh law.[2] Karaganda’s regional newspaper Индустриальная Караганда reported the same figures, about 180 kg in total including 15 kg of hashish and more than 150 kg of marijuana.[3]

The suspect was placed in a temporary detention centre while a pre-trial investigation continues into supply, storage and sale channels and other people involved.[1] The regional police department described the anti-drug work as part of the country’s Law and Order (Заң және тәртіп) policy and warned that storing, transporting or selling drugs carries criminal liability.[2]