Fake money traffickers arrested in Surkhandarya region

In Surkhandarya region, by a decision of the Kizirik district court on criminal proceedings, on January 30, 2019, citizens Sh. N., Ch. B. and D. U. were found guilty of smuggling fake money under Article 176, Part 2 (paragraph “v”) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

According to UzA, three people from Surkhandarya region – Sh. N., Ch. B. and D. U. had common criminal consensus on trafficking counterfeit 50,000-soum notes in markets, shopping areas and other places in the Surkhandarya region. In particular, they bought one cow from the citizen D. P. for fake money in the amount of 5 million soums at the livestock market located in the neighborhood “Obod yurt” of Kizirik district at around 10:30 am on September 13, 2018. D. P. was suspected of the clients and contacted officers of the internal affairs department. Simultaneously, the offenders were detained.

According to the facts revealed in the court, these funds were produced in the Tashkent region (there is a separate criminal case).

The court imposed a sentence in accordance with the nature of the crime and level of social danger committed during meting out the punishment.

It was determined that 184 units of 50,000-soum notes recognized as material evidence on the criminal case would be destroyed.