Over the past month in the Ulytau region, police detained members of several organised criminal groups, who are accused of theft, extortion and attempted murder.
According to Polisia.kz, this was reported by the head of the organised crime department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kuandyk Alpys.
"Employees of the organised crime unit, together with the security service of Kazakhmys Corporation LLP, have suppressed the criminal activity of a group of individuals who had established a scheme for stealing expensive metal alloys. The group also included employees of the said enterprise," the statement said.
The suspects were caught red-handed while removing stolen goods from the enterprise worth approximately 6.5 million tenge. They are currently being checked for involvement in other similar crimes.
Police also detained members of another group who extorted 20 million tenge from a local businessman in March 2022. Luring the victim to a rented apartment, they demanded money, using physical force and threatening him with a weapon.
Furthermore, law enforcement officers solved an attempted murder of a local resident.
"A criminal group from the local underworld has been identified, whose members are currently serving sentences for committing other crimes. The pistol used in the attempted murder has been seized," the statement said.
It is reported that in connection with all these incidents, 17 suspects have been detained. More than 20 searches were conducted, resulting in the seizure of a pistol and 3 sawn-off shotguns, as well as ammunition, homemade knives, and religious literature with signs of extremist content.
Recall that in August, it became known that 12 citizens of Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia are suspected of creating a transnational organised criminal group that illegally mined precious metals in the Akmola region from 2021 to 2023. The total damage from their actions exceeded 250 million tenge.
In June last year, the court sentenced the acting head of the transport control inspectorate for Astana, K. Kudaibergenov, and his accomplice B. Shumbasova to 10 years in prison. They were accused of creating and leading an organised criminal group, falsifying diagnostic cards, and entering false information into the information system regarding the completion of technical inspections. Another 13 members of the OCG received 5 years in prison each, and four were sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom.