Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, the KNB, reported on its work against illegal drug trafficking.[1] From the start of 2026, its officers eliminated 33 international and 11 regional drug supply channels.[1] They also stopped the activity of three underground laboratories.[1] On suspicion of these offences, 114 Kazakh citizens and seven foreign citizens were detained.[1] In addition, the activity of 14 members of international criminal groups was stopped on the territory of neighbouring states.[1]

Twenty-one international anti-drug operations were carried out jointly with the competent bodies of foreign states.[1] Its press service said officers took 3.2 kg of heroin, 8 kg of methamphetamine, 70.6 kg of opium, 129.7 kg of hashish, 16 kg of hashish oil, 282 kg of marijuana, 156.5 kg of cannabis plant, 56.4 kg of psychotropic substances, 20 tonnes of poppy-straw raw material and more than 3.8 tonnes of precursors out of illegal circulation.[1] The four cannabis items, 129.7 kg of hashish, 16 kg of hashish oil, 282 kg of marijuana and 156.5 kg of cannabis plant, add up to 584.2 kg of cannabis covered by this report.[1]

The KNB said no further information could be disclosed under article 201 of Kazakhstan’s Code of Criminal Procedure.[1] All the figures are the committee’s own year-to-date totals for the period from the start of 2026, with no separate dates given for the operations behind them.[1]