Farmer who stole electricity worth about 1.4 billion UZS detained

It was found out that a farmer in Zaamin district of Jizzakh region illegally used electricity, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported.

Photo: PGO

Kh.N., head of the “S.R.” farm, connected the water pump intended for irrigation of the land belonging to the farm by changing connection schemes in the network.

As a result, he stole 622.6 thousand kWh of electricity worth 1 billion 395 million UZS.

On this fact, a criminal case was initiated against Kh.N., head of the “S.R.” farm, under Paragraph “a” of Article 169-4, of the Criminal Code (a large amount of theft), and the suspect was detained in procedural order.

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