Security services of Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan have disrupted a drug smuggling channel from Afghanistan along the so-called Northern Route. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
According to the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KNB), during a joint operation in the Russian city of Tyumen, two members of an international drug group were detained.
"During a search, 30 kg of Afghan hashish was seized from them, the value of which on the black market may be about 300 thousand US dollars," the KNB reported.
Russian competent authorities are conducting a pre-trial investigation. Measures to counter international illicit drug trafficking continue.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that the Border Service of the KNB plans to spend 1.072 billion tenge on the purchase of cheese and butter in 2027. The corresponding announcement was published on the public procurement portal.