The Leninsky District Court of Bishkek reviewed the pretrial detention measure for former presidential adviser Zhanybek Kubandykov and remanded him in custody until July 17. The hearing took place on May 22, and the judge granted the motion of the Main Investigative Department of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS). The district court’s press service reported.
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek has changed the pretrial detention order for Nurgazy Anarkulov, a supporter of former head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev. The court reported.
The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS) reports the detention of an inspector of the territorial division of the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic for the city of Osh, Osh, Jalal-Abad, and Batken regions for taking a bribe.
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek on April 10 granted investigators’ request to extend the pretrial detention of former head of the State Committee for National Security Department for Bishkek, Eldar Zhakypbekov, also known as Edu, the court’s press service reported.
A deputy head of one of the departments of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan has been placed in pretrial detention on corruption charges on April 22, the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek confirmed the information.
On June 15, 2026, the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan detained M.K.Z., director of the state enterprise Central Laboratory under the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kyrgyz Republic, and placed him in the SCNS pretrial detention facility as part of a criminal investigation into allegations of a scheme to fraudulently register and significantly inflate actual laboratory test results concerning the quality of coal supplied to the Bishkek Heating and Power Plant (HPP).
The Jalal-Abad Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office detained former State Committee for National Security (SCNS) employee Azamat Dyikanbaev. A criminal case has been opened against him under the article «Fraud using official position.»
Law enforcement officers have shut down an underground drug laboratory operating in Chui region, the Interior Ministry’s press service reported.
Another citizen of Kyrgyzstan has been detained in Turkey. According to his wife, Ermek Sabyrzhanov was arrested at an airport on suspicion of alleged links to the FETO organization. The information was shared on social media by his relatives.
The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS) reported the disruption of a channel supplying and distributing synthetic drugs in especially large quantities across the country.
Tajik authorities have denied reports that the country has introduced a new ban on beards and hijabs, following renewed attention to the government’s regulation of religious dress and appearance. An official from Tajikistan’s Committee on Religion, Regulation of Traditions, Celebrations and Ceremoni
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan reviewed 109 extradition requests from foreign countries during 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, seeking the surrender of individuals for criminal prosecution or the enforcement of court sentences.
A foreign citizen who was on the international wanted list was detained in Osh.
Security forces have detained Zamirbek Orozbaev, the former founder and director of Vision Group construction company (with an office in Osh), own sources informed 24.kg news agency.
A criminal case has been opened in Toktogul district of Jalal-Abad region over the illegal cultivation of plants containing narcotic substances.
An international media rights group has welcomed the release from prison of two journalists in Tajikistan, while urging the government to free others who remain in jail. Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, said Zavkibek Saidamini and Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda were freed on July 18 after four years
Tajikistan’s prosecutor general has confirmed that a former senior investigator is in custody in connection with the death of 23-year-old Mehrona Noibova, whose body was found near the Pyanj River in April. At a July 22 press conference , Prosecutor General Khabibullo Vokhidzoda said criminal procee
Three foreign nationals have been detained in Bishkek for public order violations, including urinating and smoking in a public place. They will be deported from Kyrgyzstan after legal procedures are completed.