Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — An Uzbek citizen who had been wanted since 2014 over an alleged illegal crossing of the state border has been extradited from the United States and handed over to the Jizzakh prosecutor's office, the Jizzakh regional internal affairs department said.
According to the department, the man, identified as Y. N., was born in 1978. He was wanted over an alleged offence under paragraph "g" of Part 2 of Article 223 of Uzbekistan's Criminal Code.
Following operational search measures, the man was detained in the United States and returned to Uzbekistan. After arriving in the country, he was handed over to the Jizzakh city prosecutor's office.
The regional internal affairs department said it was continuing efforts to establish the whereabouts of other wanted individuals and return them to Uzbekistan.
