Russian citizen detained with large amount of hashish
13:55, 4 November 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - 3 November at 03.30 a.m., Petropavlovsk police arrested a 39-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation passenger of "Novosibirsk-Belgorod" train, the press service of the Interior Ministry of Internal Affairs on transport reported.
During personal inspection of the passenger police officers have found 21 packages of hashish attached to the body. Total weigh of the drug was 349.56 grams. According to the suspect, he acquired hashish from an unknown man in the town of Shu, Zhambyl region, and intended to smuggle it to Nefteugansk (RF) for his own use. Criminal case has been opened. The detainee was put into a temporary detention center of Petropavlovsk.