A specialised administrative-offences court in Uralsk, the city also known as Oral, heard a case against a police officer for using drugs without a medical purpose.[1] The officer, named in the court materials only as Z., held the rank of police sergeant and served in a convoy unit of the regional police department.[1] The court found him guilty and imposed an administrative fine of 173,000 tenge.[1] The ruling had not entered into legal force.[1]
The case began in preventive checks by the personnel inspectorate of the West Kazakhstan police department, which sent him for a medical examination for banned substances.[1] The examination found narcotic substances of the cannabinoid group.[1] In a handwritten explanation in the administrative file he wrote that he had used marijuana and admitted guilt, and he did not take a second medical examination.[1]
The press service of the West Kazakhstan regional court said the conduct was classified under part 1 of article 440-1 of Kazakhstan’s Code of Administrative Offences.[2] The court treated guilt as proved by the administrative-offence protocol, the medical conclusion, the written explanation, police reports and other materials in the file.[2] NUR.KZ, citing the same court press service, also reported the fine of 173,000 tenge and that the ruling had not entered into force.[2]
