A criminal case has been initiated against a driver who offered a bribe to an employee of the Transport Inspection in Navoi region. This was reported by the Transport Inspection.
According to the report, inspectors of the Navoi Regional Department of the Motor Transport Control of the Inspection, while performing their official duties, stopped a FAW-brand truck for inspection at the "Samarkand" checkpoint in Karmana district.
During the review of the vehicle documents, signs of an offense provided for in Part 4 of Article 125¹ of the Code of Administrative Responsibility of the Republic of Uzbekistan were identified.
While the administrative report was being drawn up regarding the offense, the driver J.B. offered the inspector a bribe in the amount of 1 million soums in exchange for not filing the report.
It is noted that the inspector warned the driver that such actions could lead to criminal liability. Despite this, the driver continued his illegal actions and obstructed the inspector from performing his official duties.
After that, the inspector immediately reported the situation to the management of the Transport Inspection, the officer responsible for combating corruption, the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Navoi region, and the Transport Prosecutor's Office.
During the operational measure, when the driver was handing over 700 thousand soums of the offered money as a bribe to the inspector, he was caught with material evidence by operational officers of the prosecutor's office and internal affairs bodies, in the presence of witnesses.
Currently, a criminal case has been initiated on this incident under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Preliminary investigative actions are ongoing.
