The illicit drug business: details of the exposure of a billion-dollar illegal scheme!

Members of another large criminal group involved in the illegal import of medicines into the country have been detained in Uzbekistan. This time, law enforcement agencies have come across a billion-dollar fraud committed by individuals who attempted to implement this scheme.

In cooperation with officers of the State Security Service and the Personal Security Department of the Customs Committee, a batch of medicines illegally imported into the country without a quality guarantee was seized in the Yukari Chirchik district of the Tashkent region. The total value of these medicines, according to information, is 5 billion 353 million soums.

This criminal plan was revealed during the entry into Uzbekistan of goods sent from two countries - Russia and Kazakhstan. Two GAZ trucks, which entered the Yallama border customs post in the Tashkent region, were imported into the country through the "red lane" on the basis of appropriate customs documents, and were required to arrive at the designated customs post under the supervision of a customs officer.

However, the inspector on the road abused his duties and stopped monitoring the vehicles, leaving them to move freely without supervision. Taking advantage of this situation, the drivers changed their originally planned route and headed to the house of a citizen living in the Yukari Chirchik district of the Tashkent region.

There, another stage of the crime was committed: a total of 52,459 units of various drugs such as "Actovegin", "Clexan", "Remaxol" with 214 different names, hidden among books, accessories and clothes, were dropped off at the citizen's house. It is noteworthy that in this process, the customs seal on the trucks remained intact.

This situation was quickly detected by law enforcement officers, and these individuals were detained in the act. The ongoing investigation revealed that the person who attempted to smuggle the drugs to Uzbekistan is a citizen of Kazakhstan, who promised two truck drivers a bribe of $2,000 for this illegal operation.

Currently, a criminal case has been initiated against the truck drivers and the persons who provided the apartment for storing the drugs under Article 182, Part 2, Clause “a” of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan (violation of customs legislation). According to this article, the perpetrators may be sentenced to up to 8 years in prison in the most serious cases.

At the same time, the actions of the inspector of the "Yallama" border customs post, who neglected his duties and allowed the illegal unloading of goods, will also be subject to a separate investigation and an appropriate legal assessment will be made.

According to the legislation, persons who have violated customs rules on a large scale may be subject to the highest level of punishment, namely a fine of 300 to 600 times the minimum wage (from 112.5 million to 225 million soums) or imprisonment for a term of 5 to 8 years.

Currently, the investigation in this regard is continuing with great intensity. In order to ensure the health and safety of the population, law enforcement agencies are taking all necessary measures to prevent the entry of low-quality medicines into the territory of our country. In order to prevent such crimes, control and monitoring by state agencies will be further strengthened. Such cases are also an important lesson for increasing awareness and caution among the population.