Big consignment of drugs seized in Issyk-Kul oblast

11:59, 21 октября 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Suyunbek SHAMSHIEV

A large consignment of drugs was seized in the oblast, the press service of the Interior Ministry reported.

According to it, in the course of the operation «Mak-, the local resident, 31-year-old Sh. A., was checked by operatives of the department for combating illicit drug trafficking of the Department of Internal Affairs of Ak-Suu district in the .

As reported, during the inspection he had two plastic containers in his hands, in which there was a vegetable substance with the smell of wild hemp. Chemical examination showed that the narcotic substance is marijuana.

At control weighing the weight of the substance was 350 gr.

In fact, a criminal case was initiated under Article 246 (Illegal Making, Acquisition, Storage, Transportation, Transfer without the Purpose of Sale of Narcotic Substances) of the Criminal Code of the .

It is established that the detainee was previously convicted for the crime provided for in Article 367 (Deliberate destruction or damage to military property) of the Criminal Code of the .

The suspect was left on his own recognizance. The investigation is under way.