Another tobacco smuggling case was detained at the border: two cases in three days! Employees of the State Revenue Department for the Zhambyl region, together with military personnel of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, continue to harshly suppress attempts to illegally import tobacco products. July 16 — 7,830 packs of cigarettes, including Oris brand, were detained at the Kasyk border checkpoint. July 19 — another 5,000 packs were seized at the Karasai Batyr post, the amount of which is 1,590,000 tenge. The materials were transferred to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Kordai district for making procedural decisions in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 👉 The work on detecting contraband is systematic: 📊 In 6 months of 2025, 11 facts were revealed, over 1.4 million packs of cigarettes were seized.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kgd-zhambyl/press/news/details/1040443?lang=kk