Driver, 34, held in Ridder with 35 grams of marijuana in his car
Police in Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, stopped a 34-year-old local man's Toyota Caldina and a medical examination found him under the influence of drugs. A search of the car turned up a packet of marijuana weighing more than 35 grams, and a criminal case was opened.
Police in Ridder, in Kazakhstan’s East Kazakhstan Region, stopped a Toyota
Caldina during preventive patrol measures and detained its driver, a 34-year-old
local resident.[1][2][3][4][5][6]Officers thought the driver’s condition unusual, and a
medical examination confirmed he was under the influence of drugs.[1][2][3][4][5]While
searching the car’s interior they found a packet of brownish-green substance in
the man’s bag.[1][2][3][4][5]Forensic testing identified the substance as marijuana
weighing more than 35 grams.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
A criminal case was opened over the finding, and the car was taken to a
specialist impound lot.[1][2][3][4][5][6]The report carried no charge, court outcome or
explanation from the driver, and police used it to warn that an intoxicated
driver is a danger to everyone on the road.[1][2]
Photos and video
Police video published with the report, titled in Kazakh "a driver who drove under the influence of drugs was detained in East Kazakhstan Region", with the Kazakh interior ministry media centre as channel. Video: Polisia.kz Source: Polisia.kzHandout photo published with the Total.kz report on the Ridder traffic stop, credited to Polisia.kz. It shows a Kazakh police car at night and nothing specific to this stop. Photo: Polisia.kzPhoto details
The article gives no separate date for the stop; 7 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The weight is stated only as more than 35 grams, and no street value was published.
The article names no charge, no article of the criminal code and no measure of restraint; the case was at the investigation stage.
The driver is identified only by age and place of residence.
Only one account was found, the police media outlet's own report; no independent outlet coverage was located.
The page photo carries no caption establishing what it shows, so no photo is linked; only the embedded police video is listed.
The Qaz365.kz account is a reprint of the police media centre's statement and adds no detail beyond it.
Left out arrested, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out kg seized, as no supporting quotation was given.
YK.KZ credits its video to the East Kazakhstan Region police department; the page's own illustration is credited to pixabay.com and is not linked.
The page carries two photos credited to Polisia.kz whose captions repeat only the article title, so their exact depicted content was not established and no photo is linked.
The Kazlenta.kz page is a reprint of the Polisia.kz statement in the same wording and adds no facts, charge or court outcome.
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