A single bottle of vodka sold at a prohibited hour has cost a seller in the Munaily district of the Mangystau region a fine of more than 120,000 tenge and a suspended licence, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to the official Telegram channel of the Mangystau region courts, the Munaily district court heard the case under Part 3 of Article 200 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offences — violation of the requirements of Kazakh legislation on the sale of alcoholic products.
The court established that on 27 October 2026, at around 22:30, a seller at a grocery store in the village of Baskuduk in the Munaily district sold alcohol to a customer during hours when sales are prohibited. The product sold was a 0.45-litre bottle of 40-percent vodka.
At the hearing, the seller fully admitted guilt and expressed sincere remorse for what he had done.
By court ruling, the man was found guilty of the administrative offence. He was ordered to pay a fine of 121,100 tenge. In addition, the licence for the retail sale of alcoholic products was suspended for 9 months.
The court ruling has entered into force.