Retired Kazakh officers held in Khakassia with 100 packs of hashish
Khakassian drug police detained retired Kazakh police officers as they handed over 100 packs of hashish and half a kilogram of marijuana to a local seller in Shirinsky District. The hashish, said to come from the Chuya Valley, weighed over a kilogram and was valued at 21,900 dollars; the detainees face 10 to 20 years for attempted group sale and smuggling.
Khakassian officers monitored the Kazakh suppliers’ movements and detained them
in Shirinsky District during a handover to a local Romani resident.[1]The
detained traffickers were former Kazakh Interior Ministry officers who were
retired on pension.[1]The drugs were to be sold in the republic through the
local recipient.[1]The detained retired officers were placed under arrest and
a criminal case was opened, with preparation for large-scale group sale by prior
agreement and smuggling said to carry 10 to 20 years’ imprisonment.[2]
The drugs were found in the boot of the Kazakhs’ car among other belongings,
with little attempt to hide them.[1]Officers seized one hundred packs of
smuggled hashish weighing more than one kilogram and half a kilogram of
marijuana.[1]The seized hashish was valued at 21,900 dollars.[2]The
hashish was described as very high quality, with several times more of the main
narcotic component than Tuvan hashish, and investigators said it had been made
in the Chuya Valley on the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border.[1]
The Kazakh suppliers crossed the border near the settlement of Kulunda.[1]They entered Russian territory by car, then changed to a taxi in Kemerovo to
reach Khakassia.[1]The regional drug-control directorate said it was
surprised that they had crossed Kazakhstan and the state border without
difficulty.[1]
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Photo of the seized smuggled hashish. Photo: r-19.ruPhoto details
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