In July, in the cities of Astana and Almaty, the National Security Committee, in cooperation with the police and in coordination with the prosecutor's office, destroyed 3 large drug laboratories. This was announced by the National Security Committee, the national portal "Adyrna" reported.
According to the information, 8 citizens of Kazakhstan were detained and arrested with the sanction of the court on suspicion of committing the mentioned crimes.
"On suspicion of committing this crime, 8 Kazakhs were detained and arrested with the sanction of the court. During the search, more than 93 kilograms of synthetic drugs, 70 liters of mephedrone in the stage of crystallization, as well as 255 kilograms of precursors and laboratory equipment were taken from them, the NSC reported.
The value of drugs seized on the "black" market may exceed 2 billions tenge.
A pre-trial investigation is being conducted under Article 297 of the Criminal Code.
According to part 1 of Article 201 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, other information is not subject to disclosure.