The National Security Committee (NSC) of Kazakhstan has dismantled an international drug smuggling network operating in the Caspian Sea. Five individuals were detained and 109 kilograms of illicit narcotics were seized during the operation.
Sea-news.az reports citing the press service of the NSC, that the Border Service, in coordination with the NSC Department for the Mangystau Region, intercepted three foreign nationals attempting to flee aboard a vessel. Two additional Kazakhstani citizens were apprehended in the coastal areas.
Authorities seized 22 kilograms of opium, 27 kilograms of hashish, 60 kilograms of marijuana, and a small high-speed motorboat.
A pre-trial investigation into the incident has been formally initiated.
