39-year-old held with 10.1 kg hashish in Shu backyard
Police in Shu detained a 39-year-old man after seizing 10 kg 108 g of hashish from the backyard of a house during the Qarasora-2026 and Darmek operations. He was placed in temporary detention while a pre-trial investigation into storage on an especially large scale without intent to sell continues.
Police detained a 39-year-old resident of the city of Shu in Zhambyl Region.[1]The man is suspected of unlawfully storing drugs on an especially large
scale without intent to sell.[2]The detention was carried out within the
Qarasora-2026 and Darmek preventive operations.[2]During a search of a
residential house, officers found the drugs in the backyard.[2]
Police said officers found and seized10 kg108 g of hashish in the backyard of
the dwelling.[2]Elordainfo put the same seizure at 10 kilograms108 grams of
hashish found in the backyard of the house.[1]A pre-trial investigation was
opened into the storage of narcotics on an especially large scale without intent
to sell.[1]The suspect was placed in a temporary detention facility.[2]
The operation involved Interior Ministry anti-drug police and the Zhambyl
regional police department together with KNB officers in Shu district.[2]The
units involved were the Interior Ministry’s committee against drug crime and
Zhambyl counter-narcotics divisions, working with the KNB department for Shu
district.[1]SOBR special-purpose officers of the Kyzylorda regional police
department provided force support.[2]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the report on the Shu detention. Photo: Department of Police of Zhambyl RegionPhoto details
Kazinforminform.kzRUХранил гашиш на заднем дворе: мужчину задержали в Жамбылской области
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The reports give no separate date for the search and detention; 5 October 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The suspect's full name was not published.
No charges, court ruling or further outcome were reported; the pre-trial investigation was described as under way.
The direct Polisia.kz police statement could not be opened after a timeout, so both used accounts cite the Zhambyl regional police department through intermediaries.
Other incidents mentioned in the same Kazinform article, including a Taraz seizure of 12 kg 30 g of marijuana and 388.96 g of hashish, a 21-tonne campaign total and 120 kg of caches, are separate events left out of this report.
The Elordainfo page embeds an Instagram post from the Zhambyl police, but no direct video file address could be recovered, so no video entry is included.
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