A meeting of working group on organization of counternarcotics operations and other actions in the scope of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking (KSOPN) of the CSTO Member States was held in Almaty on 4 August 2023.

Heads and members of specialized departments of law enforcement agencies of CSTO Member States, representatives of Rosfinmonitoring and CARICC attended the meeting.

The meeting was mainly aimed at discussing organizational aspects of the counternarcotics operation "Channel-Interception" under the auspices of CSTO.

Operation objectives include interdiction of distribution channels for new psychoactive substances (NPS), opiates and cannabinoids along the Northern Route, detecting and dismantling clandestine laboratories for illicit drug production.

Participants also discussed recent trends in drug situation on the territory of CSTO Member States in 2023 and forecasts of its development in the second half of 2023.