Gold for 500,000 soms: Border guards arrest smugglers
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Border guards of Dostuk-Avtodorozhny checkpoint, together with the employees of the State Customs Service, prevented illegal transportation of gold items across the state border. Press service of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
Two citizens of Uzbekistan were heading for Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan. They tried to carry gold items in their pockets, bypassing the customs legislation, without filling out a declaration.
According to preliminary data, the total cost of smuggled gold items reached 595,000 soms.
The detainees were handed over to the competent authorities for further investigation.
Source: 24.kg News Agency
