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The State Security Service of Uzbekistan reported the discovery of two illegal printing houses: in the Buvayda district of the Fergana region and in the Yangihayot district of Tashkent. Tens of thousands of counterfeit books, equipment, and a large batch of pyrotechnics were seized.
Otabek YusupovThe SGB and the Customs Committee of Uzbekistan uncovered an underground drug lab in an apartment of a multi-story building in Bukhara. Two residents of Jondor district, aged 27 and 29, were detained; they worked for an online drug store. 6.65 kg of 'spice' was seized, plus another 4.2 kg in caches in Kagan — over 10.8 kg in total. A criminal case has been opened.
Sevara AzamovaThe State Security Service of Uzbekistan reported the detention of two citizens of a neighboring state who attempted to sell 2.18 kg of opium for 20 thousand dollars to a conditional buyer. According to the agency, the men, aged 54 and 50, illegally brought the drug into the country by roundabout routes. A criminal case has been opened and an investigation is underway. The citizenship of the detainees is not disclosed.
Otabek YusupovThe State Security Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan reported the dismantling in Tashkent of a criminal group that set up a fake call center with GSM gateways. The fraudsters called citizens posing as bank employees, extracted personal data, stole money from cards, and took out online loans in victims' names. Total damage — $8 million, funneled abroad in cryptocurrency through a front company. Among those detained was an employee of the cybersecurity department of a major bank.
Aziz KarimovOfficers of the SGB Department for Tashkent region detained the deputy khokim of Tashkent district at the moment of receiving $25 thousand. The official promised an entrepreneur, through acquaintances, to put up for auction a 1-hectare plot on the balance sheet of the khokimiyat. A criminal case has been opened and an investigation is underway.
Sevara AzamovaThe State Security Service of Uzbekistan reported the detention of the deputy khokim of the Tashkent district of Tashkent region, who is suspected of fraud: he allegedly promised an entrepreneur to allocate 1 hectare of land for an industrial complex through an auction for $25,000. A criminal case has been opened and an investigation is underway.
Aziz Karimov
