The State Security Service's department for the Tashkent region, in cooperation with the Prosecutor General's Office, conducted an operational event.
During this operation, two individuals living in the Bo‘stonliq district were caught red-handed while receiving 230 thousand US dollars in exchange for formalizing a 20-acre plot of land allocated by the district administration to two members of a company specializing in gardening and viticulture for the purpose of building a field house.
Additionally, the operation continued, and a citizen who introduced himself as the owner of this land plot was also detained while receiving the same 230 thousand US dollars in exchange for transferring the land to the buyer's name.
In another case recorded in the Bo‘stonliq district, a citizen agreed to sell a 36-acre plot of land allocated for landscaping and the establishment of a boat docking area from the protected zone of the Chirchiq River, based on a decision made by the district administration in 2008, for 150 thousand US dollars. He also demanded 10 thousand US dollars for formalizing the relevant documents through acquaintances working in the cadastral system, totaling 160 thousand US dollars when he was caught with material evidence.
In another case, a person living in Tashkent gained the trust of another individual and agreed to sell a 72.6-acre non-residential land plot located in the Bo‘stonliq district, which belonged to 8 citizens, at a price of 14,900 US dollars per acre, totaling 1 million 81 thousand 740 US dollars.
He also demanded 10 thousand US dollars through his official acquaintances to transfer this land plot to the residential category and obtain permission to build a multi-storey building there.
During the operational event conducted by the State Security Service, the Department for Combating Economic Crimes, and the internal affairs authorities, he was detained while receiving 110 thousand US dollars in advance.
Currently, criminal cases have been initiated against these individuals, and investigative actions are underway.
