A court in Kazakhstan's capital has sentenced two Kazakh citizens involved in the smuggling and trafficking of narcotics shipped from Thailand, infohub.kz reports.
According to the Main Transport Prosecutor's Office, the first case involved a 20-year-old woman. For financial compensation, she brought two suitcases containing cannabis extract, with a total weight of 4.7 kg, from Thailand. She attempted to smuggle the illicit substance disguised as sweets. The cargo was discovered and seized immediately upon her arrival at the capital's airport. The court sentenced her to 16 years in prison.
The second case involved a 39-year-old man. In the spring of 2024, he arranged for drugs to be sent from Thailand to Kazakhstan via postal service, disguising them as consumer goods. Three recipients of that shipment had previously been sentenced to real prison terms.
It is noted that the sender himself was wanted and, after being detained, appeared before the court. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison. The verdicts have not yet entered into legal force.