Illegal use of natural gas worth 590 million soums detected in Tashkent
In the Yunusabad district of Tashkent, a greenhouse was discovered that illegally used gas worth 590.7 million soums, the PGO Department for Combating Economic Crimes reports.

Photo: PGO Department
The Yunusabad district PGO department, together with employees of “Khududgaz Poytakht”, carried out a pre-investigation check.
It was established that citizen Sh.B. and other persons secretly connected a greenhouse created for commercial purposes in the Hasanboy mahalla to the public gas network using a rubber hose, and plundered the natural gas on a large scale.
A criminal case has been opened on this fact under Article 169 of the Criminal Code (Theft), and investigative actions are being carried out.
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