Almaty police liquidated a drug lab

The drug laboratory was liquidated by Almaty police officers within the framework of the project of the city prosecutor's office "Fight against drug trafficking", reports Polisia.kz . It was headed by a 27-year-old citizen O. He came to the attention of the police some time ago. It is previously established that Fr. not only an active consumer of synthetic drugs, but also its steady distributor. Targeted operational and special measures made it possible to establish another direction of the criminal activity of the person involved. He turned out to be a manufacturer of "synthetics". The man organized the production in one of the houses in the village of Irgeli, Karasai district, Almaty region. In a word, a universal drug dealer has been exposed," said Yerlan Almagambetov, head of the Department for Combating Drug Crime of the DP of Almaty. According to the detainee, he received raw materials for production from the "employer" through caches - bookmarks hidden in the Karasai district of the Almaty region. O. packaged the finished goods in doses and sold them retail in the Turksib, Alatau, Nauryzbai and Bostandyk districts of the metropolis. During the search at the place of residence of the detainee, a "set" of a drug lab was found. The drug and raw materials are sent for forensic chemical examination. The criminal case was registered under part 3 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In accordance with Article 201 of the CPC of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other information in the interests of the investigation is not subject to dissemination. 

Earlier, the police liquidated a drug laboratory in the Akmola region. On March 31, the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan neutralized the activities of an international drug syndicate involved in drug smuggling. Since the beginning of the year, the National Security Committee has implemented a number of operational investigative measures to counter drug threats. 47 anti-drug operations were carried out, including jointly with the competent authorities of Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Australia.