Major channel for supply of drugs from Issyk-Kul region revealed

A large channel for supply of drugs from Issyk-Kul region has been detected in Bishkek. Press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan reported.

«A controlled operation on purchase of hashish from a citizen was carried out in the capital at the intersection of Fuchik and Ryskulov streets on October 28. Further, as part of the investigation of a criminal case in Karakol, a citizen who had previously sold drugs in Bishkek and two of her accomplices were detained while trying to sell a batch of hashish,» the statement says.

Officers seized more than 4 kilograms of hashish during arrest. Six bags of marijuana with a total weight of more than 32 kilograms were found during a search in the house of one of the suspects. The detainees were placed in pre-trial detention center 1 of the capital. The investigation is ongoing.