Prophylactic inspectors were caught with bribes in Samarkand and Namangan.

Two preventive inspectors in Samarkand and Namangan have been detained on suspicion of corruption. The State Security Service reported this.

It was reported that a preventive inspector from the Samarkand City Internal Affairs Department's Regional Office, through his acquaintances, promised to help reinstate a former internal affairs officer into the system, and was caught red-handed at the time of receiving $7,000 US dollars as a bribe.

 

In connection with this incident, a criminal case has been initiated against him under Articles 168 and 211 of the Criminal Code, and investigative actions are underway.

 

In another case, it was determined that a preventive inspector from the Internal Affairs Department of the Chust district in Namangan region demanded $2,000 US dollars from a citizen born in 1994, citing that he had left an application filed against the citizen unexamined. He received $700 of this amount in February of this year.

 

According to investigative data, the inspector continued his illegal actions, demanding the remaining $1,300 from the citizen, as well as an additional $2,000 for supporting the illegal transportation of livestock across the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan state border in the future. Thus, he aimed to receive a total of $3,300 US dollars.

 

During an operational event conducted jointly by employees of the State Security Service, the Department under the General Prosecutor's Office, and the Main Directorate of Personal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the preventive inspector was detained while receiving the requested funds.

 

In connection with this incident, a criminal case has been initiated against him under Articles 165 and 168 of the Criminal Code. Investigative actions are currently ongoing.