“In 2024, the National Security Committee, as part of combating illegal drug trafficking, eliminated 31 international and 27 regional supply channels, neutralized the activities of 32 underground drug laboratories,” reads the report.
According to the data, more than 3 tons of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, 4.5 tons of poppy straw raw materials and 18 tons of chemical reagents used to make “synthetics” were seized from illegal circulation.
The value of the seized drugs on the "black market" is estimated at more than T36 billion.
164 people were convicted of drug crimes.
"25 international operations to suppress drug import and transit channels through Kazakhstan have been carried out with the competent authorities of foreign countries," reads the report.
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