Officials of the National Security Committee and the North Kazakhstan region Customs have destroyed 30 kilogrammes of heroin and 13 kilogrammes of hashish, Khabar reported. The banned cargo was seized from drug dealers from Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan with all the violators already serving their sentences in prisons. Another large haul of drugs has been discovered on a Russian Federation citizen on the Petropavlovsk-Astana motorway. Zhanat Nutpayev, North Kazakhstan region national Security Committee Department says the National Security Committee Department has revealed and eliminated one more international drug supply channel supplying prohibited substances from the Southern parts of Kazakhstan and further to the Russian Federation. Over 20 kilogrammes of raw opium have been also seized, whilst since the beginning of this year, the National Security Department has withdrawn over 76 kilogrammes of drugs including 32 kilogrammes of heroin, 31 kilogrammes of opium and 13. 2 kilogrammes of hashish. According to secret service officials, the fight against international drug trafficking has been truly strengthened.
