Navai concert in Astana collapsed after the arrest of the rapper at the border

Russian rapper Navai Bakirov, known as Navai, will not perform in Astana. Organizers announced the cancellation. The event was to be held on October 14 at 20:00 in the Palace of Martial Arts named after Jaksylyk Uskempirov.

In social networks of the organizer said that the concert is postponed indefinitely for technical reasons. In the account of the social networks of the operator for the sale of tickets Livetickets.kz also confirmed the cancellation. Ticket holders are offered a refund through the platforms where they were purchased.

Earlier, the police department of the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan reported the arrest of the rapper. He crossed the border from Kyrgyzstan. Drugs were found in the car. A criminal case has been opened on suspicion of attempted drug smuggling. The suspect was placed in a temporary detention facility.