The court of the Mangystau region has sentenced members of a drug network with billion-dollar turnovers.
The Mangistau Regional Court has found the participants of a transnational organised group, operating through the internet drug shop “DUNE OPERATOR,” guilty. Four defendants have been sentenced to between 16 and 18 years in prison. During the investigation, over 2 billion tenge in cash was seized and property worth more than 100 million tenge was frozen. Funds and luxury-class vehicles have been confiscated in favour of the state. The sentences have not yet come into legal force.