It is reported that in the city of Khiva, Khorezm region, a senior operative of the Criminal Investigation Service of the Department of Internal Affairs was detained red-handed by employees of the State Security Service, the Department for Combating Economic Crimes and the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs upon receipt of 30 thousand US dollars. He received the money from a citizen for assistance in obtaining a permit for the construction of a residential building on 12 acres of land allocated for agricultural use through familiar officials in the khokimiyat bodies. The seized funds are attached to the case as physical evidence.
Currently, a criminal case has been opened against the detainee under paragraph "a" of part 4 of Article 168 and paragraph "a" of part 3 of articles 28 and 211 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Detention was chosen as a preventive measure.
A similar fact has been revealed in the Ferghana region. A resident of Buwayda district, born in 1998, conspired with an acquaintance, born in 2006, and demanded 115 million soums for illegally registering 3 hectares of land provided by the state on preferential terms for running a dehkan farm in the name of the buyer, allegedly through his acquaintances. They were detained by employees of the State Security Service and Internal Affairs bodies at the time of receiving 9,500 US dollars and 700,000 soums, their illegal actions were stopped in a timely manner.
Currently, a criminal case has been opened against these persons under paragraphs "a", "b" of part 2 of articles 25 and 168, as well as paragraph "b" of part 2 of Article 229-6 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Investigative actions are underway.
