43-year-old held after 13 cannabis plants and 10 kg seized in Almaty home
Almaty anti-drug officers detained a 43-year-old man in Nauryzbai district after finding 13 cannabis bushes and a box of dried material in his private house. Police said the seized narcotics totalled 10 kg; a criminal case was opened and the suspect was placed in temporary detention.
🇰🇿 Nauryzbai district, Almaty · Kazakhstan
- Arrested
- 1
- Plants destroyed
- 13
- Cannabis
- 10 kg
Officers of the anti-drug crime office of the Almaty police detained a
43-year-old man in the city’s Nauryzbai district.[1] Police opened a criminal
case over the discovery and placed the suspect in the temporary detention
isolator pending investigation.[1]
During a search of his private house, officers found 13 cannabis bushes and a
box holding dried plant material.[1] Police said a forensic examination
confirmed that the total mass of the seized narcotic substances was 10 kilograms
and that cash was also seized from the house.[1] A second account from the
city police press service likewise said officers in Nauryzbai district found 13
cannabis bushes and a box with dried plant material during the house search.[2] Zakon.kz, describing the operational footage, estimated the seized cash at
no less than 500,000 tenge, an amount the police statement itself did not
specify.[2]
NUR.KZ, citing Almaty police, also reported that anti-drug officers had
identified the 43-year-old man in Nauryzbai district.[3] Investigators are
still establishing all the circumstances of the alleged unlawful cultivation of
drug-containing plants.[1]
Sources
- Плантацию конопли обнаружили в частном доме в Алматы. Kazinform, 2 November 2026. In Russian.
- Плантация и сотни тысяч тенге: что обнаружили полицейские, нагрянув в дом к алматинцу. Zakon.kz, 2 November 2026. In Russian.
- 43-летний алматинец устроил дома плантацию и попал под следствие (видео). NUR.KZ, 2 November 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The articles give only the publication date of 2 November 2026 and no separate day for the detention and search; 2 November is used as the incident date.
- The police statement gave no amount for the seized cash; the figure of no less than 500,000 tenge is only Zakon.kz's estimate from operational footage, so no cash value is recorded in figures.
- The cover image on the Kazinform page is credited to the police department of a different region and dated 2025, so it is not listed as showing this event.
- Only the suspect's age was published; his name was not given.
- No court outcome beyond placement in temporary detention has been reported.
