Smuggling of cash foreign currencies prevented by customs officers

According to the established procedure, citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, foreign citizens and individuals without citizenship but having a permanent residence in Uzbekistan, shall be allowed to freely export cash foreign currency up to $ 5000 notifying in the passenger customs declaration.

Export of excess cash beyond the set amount is required a permission from the administrations of territorial Central Banks.

However, there are still attempts by some individuals to illegally export cash foreign currency without complying with these procedures.

At the border customs post “Gishtkuprik”, officers of the customs department of Tashkent region discovered an illegal attempt to export $ 7900. A citizen tried to take such amount with him neither filling the customs declaration, nor notifying during the oral inquiry of customs officials.

The same post customs officers detected another case of smuggling. While examining the hand luggage of citizen T. S., it was identified that he was hiding cash foreign currencies which were not declared by him. As a result, the customs officer seized $ 1200 and 1,037,500 Kazakhstani tenges.

Another citizen, A. D., declared $ 5000 accordingly. However, it was found out that he was hiding excess $ 1250 in a pocket of his jacket in order to transport it to the neighboring country through the border post.

Customs control department of Tashkent region in cooperation with law enforcement agencies kept A.M. under surveillance, who entered through the border post “Gishtkuprik”. As a result, it became clear that after passing the customs control, he was unlawfully collecting the Uzbek national currency by the help of other citizens who were crossing the border. While inspecting his hand luggage with attesting witnesses, it was discovered that he was attempting to transfer 27 million soums to the neighboring state illegally.

Furthermore, at the border customs post “Farkhod” in Tashkent region, citizen R. N. was suspected by the customs officials. During the inspection of his personal things, it was recognized that the passenger was attempting to convey 10 million soums to the neighboring state illicitly.

Currently, customs investigations are being carried out on the above-mentioned illegitimate cases.