Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee has uncovered and stopped an international drug trafficking route operating through the Caspian Sea.
The committee’s press service said, Operative Information Center-OMM reports. “Operativ Məlumat Mərkəzi-OMM”
On Nov. 1, the Border Service, working with its Mangystau Region department, detained three foreign nationals who were trying to evade pursuit in a motorboat, as well as two Kazakh citizens on the shore.
Authorities seized 109 kilograms of drugs, including 22 kilograms of opium, 27 kilograms of hashish and 60 kilograms of marijuana, along with a small motorboat.
An investigation has been launched.
