The State Security Service's Qashqadaryo regional department and the Department under the Prosecutor General's Office officers in cooperation during a rapid operation discovered that an official of the “Safe River Management” state institution under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change in the Qashqadaryo region, was illegally extracting sand from around the “Qashqadaryo” river using special machinery, and failed to take measures against this illegal activity, instead facilitating the release of the excavator-loader placed at the penalty site, and was caught with material evidence while receiving 3,000 US dollars for guiding future sand extractions.
Regarding the case, criminal proceedings were initiated against this official under Article 210 Section 2 Part “b” of the Criminal Code, and pretrial detention was imposed.
In another case, a leading specialist of a LLC conducting control measurement activities at construction sites in Surkhandarya region demanded 400 million UZS in May of this year from the officials of a LLC engaged in construction activities in Jizzakh region, within the framework of a criminal case initiated by the prosecution bodies under Article 167 of the Criminal Code, for not reporting the cases of overstatement found during the control measurement of construction works carried out in Yangiobod district, and for facilitating the proceedings through acquaintances.
The State Security Service's Jizzakh regional department officers in cooperation with the Department for Combating Economic Crimes conducted a rapid operation and caught the leading specialist when receiving 150 million UZS of the demanded money.
Regarding the situation, criminal proceedings were initiated against the lawbreaker under Article 25, Section 3 of the "a", "b" parts, and additionally Article 28,211 Section 2 Part “b” of the Criminal Code, and pretrial detention was imposed.
