Foreigners set up an underground drug lab in the Zhetysu region.

During the search, equipment for drug production was discovered, along with over 6.4 kg of mephedrone and a 200-liter reactor containing remnants of precursors for further production, reports IA "NewTimes.kz".

According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the drug laboratory was found in the Esil district. It is reported that two foreigners arrived in Kazakhstan at the direction of their "curator" to organize illegal production. During the search, equipment for drug manufacturing, more than 6.4 kg of mephedrone, and a 200-liter reactor with remnants of precursors for further production were discovered.

The foreigners and their accomplice, a resident of Astana, have been taken into custody. Efforts are ongoing to identify additional accomplices.

Previously, a drug laboratory was "raided" in the Kostanay region. During the search, approximately 2 kg of finished psychotropic substance "mephedrone," as well as laboratory equipment and precursors for drug production, were seized.