As a result of the interrogation of the driver, his accomplice, born in 1993, was detained. It has been established that they purchased narcotic substances in Kyrgyzstan for 23 thousand US dollars and illegally imported them into the territory of Uzbekistan.
In connection with this fact, a criminal case has been initiated under part 2 of the article "Smuggling" and part 5 of the article "Illegal manufacture, acquisition, storage, and other actions with narcotic substances, their analogs, or psychotropic substances for the purpose of sale, as well as their sale" of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The participants in this case face a penalty of up to 20 years of imprisonment.
