Another member of Kamchi Kolbaev’s organized crime group detained

11:44, 11 октября 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Gulmira Makanbai kyzy

An active member of the organized crime group of the liquidated crime boss Kamchi Kolbaev, Kazbek Bilalov, was detained. The press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported.

According to it, he is known as Kazbek Cherny in the criminal community. The man was arrested as part of a criminal case initiated under Article 261 «Creation of an organized group or participation in it» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Kazbek Bilalov has previously been repeatedly prosecuted. The detainee was taken to the temporary detention center of the Main Internal Affairs Department of Bishkek. Relevant measures are ongoing to identify and search for other persons involved in this, as well as to neutralize the activities of the organized crime group.

The crime boss Kamchi Kolbaev was eliminated during a special operation in Bishkek on October 4. The press center of the SCNS reported that the leader of the organized crime group was detained, who offered armed resistance during detention and was killed.

Following this, video messages from crime kingpins Ulan Toktosunov (Sakal), Kadyrbek Dosonov (Dzhengo), Ulan Barchakeev (Uzun Ulan), Baktybek Amankulov and Almazbek Ermekbaev, the «enforcer» in Osh, began to appear on social media, who renounced their criminal status and promised to follow the laws of the Kyrgyz Republic.