Man tried to smuggle 37 kg of marijuana to Pavlodar

PAVLODAR. KAZINFORM - Police officers have detained a man with 37 kilograms of marijuana on "Rubezh-Kereku" police post in the village of Shiderty, Pavlodar region.

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13 plastic bags with marijuana were found in the trunk of "VAZ" car which came to the area from the South Kazakhstan region. "The driver, a 36-year-old unemployed resident of Saryagash town, and two passengers, one of whom was the owner of the car, were detained. They are suspected of possessing and transporting of drugs in a large scale", said the head of the Anti-Narcotics Department of the region Samat Raimbekov. Criminal case has been initiated. The suspects wrere put in a detention center.