According to a report from the State Security Service, during an urgent operation conducted jointly by the Surkhandarya regional administration and the regional prosecutor's office, a senior operative of the Anti-Smuggling Department of the Customs Committee was caught red-handed while illegally receiving 400 US dollars. It was established that, exploiting his official position, he had promised a citizen to facilitate the undeclared transfer of 20,000 US dollars across the border to Tajikistan through the "Sariosiyo" border customs post.
Furthermore, during an urgent operation conducted jointly by the SSS Namangan regional administration and the regional DIA, the head of the Cadastre Department of one of the districts was apprehended while receiving 3 million soums as a bribe demand for formalizing documents for a pavement built in front of a local citizen's grocery store. It was established that he had demanded a total of 5 million soums for this service.
In addition, the legal consultant of the Kosonsoy district branch of the "Energosa vdo" branch of "Regional Power Networks" JSC in Namangan was also caught while receiving 2,000 US dollars. He had promised a citizen to cancel a formalized fine of 28.6 million soums for an illegal connection to the power grid at the citizen's residence without entering it into the electronic system. Criminal cases have been initiated against the officials involved in these incidents under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code.
