According to information provided by the regional Department of Internal Affairs, the main goal of the raid was to curb the illegal activities of individuals registered as members of organized criminal groups (OCGs). As a result of the operation, four citizens were brought to the local internal affairs department for verification of their possible involvement in offenses.
Within the framework of a criminal case initiated under Article 205 ("Theft") of the Criminal Code, law enforcement agencies conducted a series of authorized searches at the addresses of individuals associated with criminal elements.
During a search at the residence of a 39-year-old man, M.N., who is registered as a member of an OCG, a smoothbore firearm of 12-gauge caliber was seized. A forensic ballistic examination is underway.
Also, during the search at the home of another OCG member (S.M., born in 1963), a 32-year-old citizen, S.A., was found.
It was established that the detained S.A. had been officially wanted since 2021 by the Department of Internal Affairs of the Pervomaisky district of the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. He is suspected of large-scale fraud. For a long time, he had been hiding from law enforcement agencies but was apprehended in Balykchy thanks to received operational information.
By the decision of the Pervomaisky district court, the detainee has been placed in a temporary detention facility (IVS). Currently, investigative actions are ongoing in both cases.
