Employees of the Main Criminal Investigation Directorate detained a resident of Chui region. Weapons and drugs were confiscated from him during a search. Press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
In the spring, field investigators received information about citizens involved in drug trafficking.
On the basis of the materials collected, the Issyk-Ata District Internal Affairs Department initiated a criminal case under Article 282 «Illegal manufacture of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their analogues for the purpose of sale» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
For several months, police officers conducted an operational investigation concerning a group of persons in order to establish the facts of drug trafficking and other crimes.
On September 1, officers and investigators, with the involvement of special forces soldiers, carried out an operation to detain a suspect. Police officers blocked a Lexus 470 car during the detention in Kant town.
It is known that the detainee had previously been convicted several times, maintained close ties with criminal leaders.
When examining the interior of his car, firearms and drugs were found — a TT pistol and a dark-colored substance with a specific smell. The seized was sent for examination. The citizen was placed in the pretrial detention center.
