He was caught red-handed while receiving $20,000.
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Employees of the State Security Service and the Prosecutor General’s Office detained a farmer in the Orta Chirchik district of the Tashkent region who planned to illegally sell 80 hectares of irrigated land for $320,000.
He said he would register the land plot in the name of the buyer through authorities and acquaintances in the cadaster system.
A criminal case has been opened against the farmer under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code. An investigation is being conducted.
