Members of a criminal group have been detained on the border of Kazakhstan with Uzbekistan. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to information from the Prosecutor's Office of Turkistan Region, the criminal group was engaged in extorting money from truck drivers in the border area.
"During the investigation, it was established that part of the funds obtained from illegal intermediary activities was given as bribes to officials of state bodies," prosecutors said.
Currently, 23 people involved in this criminal scheme have been identified, five of them have been detained.
In addition, a channel for smuggling tobacco products from the Kyrgyz Republic was eliminated in the region. During operational measures, tobacco products worth a total of 103 million tenge were confiscated.
Also, a fact of illegal transfer of about 200 billion tenge abroad through fictitious business entities was revealed.