The detainees are suspected of committing a number of large-scale thefts and armed robberies in the territory of Kyrgyzstan. In particular, the crimes are related to thefts from administrative buildings, retail outlets, and offices.
Group members used various disguises, including realistic silicone masks and wigs, to conceal their faces and confuse potential witnesses.
The total amount of losses caused by criminal activities is estimated at 25 million soms.
During the special operation, the following individuals were detained: K.S.D., born in 1988, with 14 convictions for robbery, theft, and burglary; J.D.T., born in 1994, with five convictions for robbery and theft; Ch.Z.S., born in 1988, also with five convictions; T. uulu T., born in 1991, convicted three times for murder, theft, and robbery; T. uulu U., born in 1991, with one conviction for theft; O.M.D., born in 1988, convicted six times for robbery, theft, and other crimes; M.B.A., born in 1980, with five convictions for serious crimes; M. uulu E., born in 1991, convicted three times for theft; E.A.R., born in 1988, with one conviction for theft.
During the searches, the following items were seized: professional equipment for opening safes and doors, radios, GPS trackers for surveillance, as well as devices for jamming security system signals.
Also discovered were: an AKSU automatic rifle with a full magazine (30 rounds), a Makarov pistol (PM), 20 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, a traumatic pistol, a hand grenade F-1, cold weapons (knives), and a drug – hashish weighing about 44.73 grams.
All detainees were charged under part 2 of Article 261 (creation of an organized group or participation in it) of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and placed in the pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Bishkek.
It has also become known that the group maintained contact with convicts serving sentences in the institutions of the State Service for Execution of Sentences of the Kyrgyz Republic, who also had multiple convictions for serious crimes.
The detainees interacted with such convicts as K.N.D., born in 1986, with 8 convictions; E.Z.O., born in 1979, with 9 convictions; B.A.T., born in 1986, with 13 convictions; T.S.A., born in 1990, with 3 convictions; J.S.A., born in 1991, with 4 convictions; Sh.T.S., born in 1986, with 8 convictions.
Preliminary data shows that the free members of the group committed crimes, while the convicts took the blame at convenient times for them.
At present, the activities of the criminal group have been completely halted.
