Policemen catch three Karakol residents in field harvesting hemp

Three residents of Karakol were detained for procuring drugs. Press service of the Department of Internal Affairs of Issyk-Kul region reported.

«While on duty, employees of a separate company of the Patrol-Guard Service of the police noticed suspicious people in a field on the outskirts of Boru-Bash village, Ak-Suu district. When the policemen approached, the men tried to hide. After a short pursuit, the unknown persons were detained,» the statement says.

All three detainees turned out to be residents of Karakol: previously convicted 33-year-old Zh.A., 35-year-old Yu.V., as well as 33-year-old A.R. Substance of plant origin with a specific smell of wild hemp was confiscated from them.

«The detainees were taken to the Investigation Service of the Ak-Suu District Department of Internal Affairs. The men confessed that they had specially come to the outskirts of the village to pick cannabis,» the police said.

Substance confiscated from the suspects has been sent for examination, based on the results of which a legal assessment will be given to their actions.