Two drivers detained for illegally taking $1 million to Kazakhstan

According to the press service of the department, two drivers of the Uzbekistan Railways locomotive depot were detained while trying to illegally export $971.5 thousand, €47.7 thousand euros and 3.4 million Russian rubles to Kazakhstan. The money was hidden in the electric locomotive of the freight train controlled by them, which followed the Chukursay-Saryagash route.

During a re-inspection of the electric locomotive at the Keles railway station, $1,050 hidden under the driver’s seat was found.

The total value of the seized foreign currency in the equivalent of national currency amounted to 11.2 billion soums ($1.06 million).

During the preliminary investigation, it was found out that a resident of the Zangiota district of Tashkent region, who was later detained during the operational event, handed over the money to the drivers for export to Kazakhstan.

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It was also established that for the illegal export of foreign currency to the neighboring country, drivers received $300.