Smuggling of 37 tons of fuel and lubricants into Kyrgyzstan prevented

16:45, 21 декабря 2020, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA

An attempt to smuggle fuel and lubricants was suppressed in Kyrgyzstan. The State Service for Combating Economic Crimes of the republic reported.

A Volvo truck was detained at Chaldybar-Avtodorozhniy checkpoint. It transported 37 tons of a liquid substance with a specific smell of gasoline under the guise of a light hydrocarbon mixture.

«The vehicle driver was unable to submit the relevant documents in full. Therefore, the truck was detained by a mobile group of the goods accounting point and placed on the impoundment lot. Pre-trial proceedings have been started on the fact, and appropriate examinations have been commissioned,» the statement says.