Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Authorities in Uzbekistan’s Namangan Region have stopped an attempt to illegally bring 301,462 pyrotechnic items and 700 units of a medical product from Kyrgyzstan without the required documents.
The estimated value of the seized pyrotechnics was 817.716 million soums, the State Security Service of Uzbekistan reported.
The operation was carried out by the Namangan regional department of the State Security Service in cooperation with Border Troops personnel, representatives of the internal affairs authorities and customs officials.
At the Uchkurgan border and customs checkpoint, officers stopped a KamAZ truck with a Samro semi-trailer that had arrived from Kyrgyzstan for inspection. A search revealed 301,462 foreign-made pyrotechnic items of 10 different types concealed beneath the semi-trailer floor.
The truck was also carrying 700 units of a medical product called “Vitreous Body”. Neither category of goods was accompanied by the required documents.
According to a valuation report, the seized pyrotechnics were worth 817.716 million soums, while the medical product was valued at 2.128 million soums. The combined estimated value of the goods reached 819.844 million soums.
All the products were seized and documented in accordance with the established procedural requirements.
A criminal case has been opened against the truck driver, a resident of Kuvasay District in Ferghana Region born in 1980, under Article 250¹ of Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code. The investigation is ongoing.
