Three hidden drug laboratories were destroyed in Almaty region, the national portal "Adyrna" reported with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
According to Bakytzhan Amirkhanov, the head of the drug crime control department, more than 130 kilograms of finished drugs were seized. Four people who organized drug laboratories were arrested, two of them citizens of neighboring countries.
"Employees of the internal affairs bodies of the Almaty region destroyed the activities of three hidden pharmacies, two of which turned out to be herbal laboratories," the report said.
Criminals face confiscation of property and 10 to 15 years of imprisonment.
