Illegal trade in tobacco products has been suppressed in Tashkent and the Tashkent region

    Time to act 23 August 2024 211

    Illegal sale of tobacco products has been suppressed. This is reported by the press service of the Department at the Prosecutor General's Office.

    In particular, a citizen who illegally sold 2500kg of dried tobacco was detained in the Akhangaran district of the Tashkent region. The detention took place at the time of the transfer of the goods and receipt of 5 thousand US dollars for it.

    In addition, in the Mirzo-Ulugbek district of Tashkent city, a store of an individual entrepreneur "M.M." was identified, in which contraband cigarettes of foreign manufacture were sold. In total, 6,547 packages of various cigarettes without excise stamps, with a total value of 146 million soums, were seized from the store.

    In both cases, criminal cases were initiated under the article "Illegal trafficking or production of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and tobacco products" of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.