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At Tashkent International Airport, an individual attempting to transport a gold watch worth 1.5 billion soum was apprehended.

The citizen tried to smuggle the clock by hiding it in a handbag, paying attention to the delivery of the sentence and punctuation marks.

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On August 24 of this year, around 02:40, a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan flying from "Dubai-Tashkent" was duly inspected

As a result, inside his handbag was found a gold watch decorated with white stones, branded “Patek Philippe Geneve” which was not declared according to customs regulations, exceeding the norm for personal importation, and valued at 1 billion 540 million 260 thousand UZS. 

Currently, investigative actions are being conducted regarding this incident. 

For your information, individuals are allowed to bring in jewelry made of silver up to a weight of 200 grams and gold and other precious metals up to a weight of 65 grams without filling out a customs declaration form, and items above these limits must be declared through a passenger customs declaration when leaving the customs territory of Uzbekistan.

The citizen who violates this regulation will be held accountable according to Article 227-19 of the Code of Administrative Responsibility.

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