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Counterfeit banknotes and narcotic substances seized in the Bukhara region

Officers of the Bukhara regional customs administration, together with law enforcement agencies, carried out an operation in the Vabkent district. In the home of a person under surveillance, 1,516 counterfeit 2,000-sum banknotes, a color printer, a substance resembling marijuana (284.71 g), and 7 cultivated cannabis plants were found. A criminal case has been opened.

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Three Detained in Samarkand While Trying to Sell Counterfeit Dollars Brought from Turkey

The State Security Service of Uzbekistan reported the prevention of the sale of 7,400 counterfeit US dollars in $100 denominations in Samarkand. Three residents of the Taylak district, aged 30, 24 and 23, were detained after handing the banknotes to a controlled buyer for 44 million soums — roughly half the face value. Two had prior convictions; the investigation is ongoing.

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