# Kazakh court orders two months of pretrial detention for Russian rapper Navai in drug smuggling case

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- Meduza, 2026-10-15 18:23 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/15/kazakh-court-orders-two-months-of-pretrial-detention-for-russian-rapper-navai-in-drug-smuggling-case

> A court in Kazakhstan ordered rapper Navai Bakirov held in pretrial detention for two months in a drug-smuggling case, Baza reported. He was detained at a checkpoint on October 14 while entering from Kyrgyzstan after drugs were found in his car. Kyrgyzstan’s State Border Service has opened an internal inquiry into his border screening.