Pavlodar’s Interdistrict Court for criminal cases found Olga Mukhamedzhanova guilty on 14 April under part 2 of article 297 and part 2 of article 296 of Kazakhstan’s Criminal Code.[1] The court found her guilty of illegal storage of psychotropic substances for the purpose of sale and storage of drugs for personal use.[1] In court Mukhamedzhanova fully admitted all charges, expressed remorse and did not dispute the collected evidence.[1] The case was therefore considered in abbreviated procedure.[1] For storage for sale she received 6 years’ imprisonment and for storage without purpose of sale 80 hours of public works, with the combined final punishment set at 6 years’ imprisonment.[1] The court deferred execution of the punishment for 5 years under article 74 of the Criminal Code and placed supervision with the probation service at her residence.[1]
On 22 January 2026 she was in Pavlodar when police stopped the car she was riding in near the Irtysh checkpoint at about 19.43.[1] The search found 1.3 grams of a 4-methylmethcathinone analogue and 50 wraps with the synthetic cannabinoid MDMB-4en-PINACA with a total mass of 0.1815 grams.[1] According to the case materials those substances were intended for further sale.[1] Officers also found 2.6 grams of dried marijuana in her bag, which the court found she kept for personal use.[1] The court took into account that she had no prior convictions, had admitted guilt, was remorseful and was raising a 9-year-old child, and found no aggravating circumstances.[1] The court warned that the deferral could be revoked if she evaded raising the child or continued to disturb public order after two written warnings.[1] It ordered her to pay 99,612 tenge in procedural costs and 86,500 tenge to the victims’ compensation fund.[1]
Because of the deferral she was not sent to a penal colony immediately.[1]
