Kazakhstan's security service has broken up an international drug channel on the Caspian Sea, seizing 109 kilograms of narcotics.
Kazakhstan's security service has broken up an international drug channel on the Caspian Sea, seizing 109 kilograms of narcotics.
Border guards and the KNB's Mangistau department detained five people on November 1 as they tried to flee pursuit: three foreigners and two Kazakh citizens. Officers seized 22 kilograms of opium, 27 kilograms of hashish and 60 kilograms of marijuana, plus a speedboat.
A pre-trial investigation is under way. The bust follows a month in which Azerbaijan also seized hundreds of kilograms at its borders, showing the same smuggling routes at work.
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