Kazakhstan, Astana, Feb.2 / Trend , K.Konyrova /
Kazakhstan has exposed nine drug groups in 2009, Kazakh Interior Minister Serik Baimaganbetov said in Astana.
According to the ministry, in 2009 about 9,500 drug crimes have been prevented, 4,500 of which are drug sales.
Kazakh law enforcement officers have prevented six cases of banditry and detained 31 organized crime groups in 2009, Baimaganbetov said.
Fifty five heads and 258 members of criminal groups have been made criminally responsible, and a big amount of arms and drugs have been seized.
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