According to the press service of the Internal Affairs Department of Samarkand region, a person engaged in illegal foreign currency exchange has been detained. This was reported by Upl.uz.
In cooperation with the staff of the internal affairs bodies and other law enforcement agencies, a special operational event was held in Samarkand city. During the event, a man born in 1985 was identified and detained while illegally exchanging currency in one of the city’s stores.
At the time of his detention, he was selling 2,700 US dollars for 32,020,000 soums, as well as 50,000 Russian rubles for 8,000,000 soums. A criminal case has been initiated under part 2 of the article “Illegal acquisition or sale of currency values” of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The accused may face a sentence of imprisonment for a term of 1 to 3 years.
