Security services of Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan detain drug gang

Security services have blocked two international drug trafficking channels in the CIS. The press service of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan reported.

As a result of joint operations, the security services of Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan detained four members of the group and seized 20 kilograms of synthetic drugs.

«The Committee, together with the competent authorities of Russia and Kyrgyzstan, conducted two special operations to eliminate international drug channels. As a result, four people suspected of wholesale drug sales were detained,» the statement says.

The operation took place simultaneously in three countries. As a result of coordinated actions, 20 kilograms of synthetic drugs were seized from illegal circulation.

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan announced the liquidation of an industrial-scale drug lab in Almaty region, where more than 200,000 single doses of drugs worth about $6 million were seized.