Foreigners suspected of selling drugs in Bishkek

10:47, 23 мая 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Meerimai ALYBEKOVA

Foreign citizens involved in sale of drugs in Bishkek were detained. The press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported.

According to it, five citizens of Egypt were detained as part of a criminal case on the facts of kidnapping a foreigner, extorting money from him, possession and use of drugs, violation of migration laws.

They bought hashish on Telegram and at the addresses provided by the group administrator collected stashes and sold them to foreign students.

The main organizer of the drug trafficking channel was Egyptian citizen. He was placed in the pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the capital for two months by the decision of Pervomaisky District Court.

Measures to identify other people involved in the distribution of drugs among young people via the Internet continue.