Transport Ministry employee detained in Tash-Kumyr for sale of bitumen

Head of the tar pit No. 38 of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kyrgyzstan was detained for illegal sale of bitumen in Tash-Kumyr. Press center of the State Committee for National Security reported.

«The head of the tar pit No. 38 T.A. was caught red-handed on June 27 while taking 60,000 for illegal sale of petroleum products. He sold bitumen on a systematic basis,» the statement says.

A resident of Kochkor-Ata reported the facts of embezzlement to the authorities. He told that the head of the tar pit offered him to buy 1 ton of bitumen for 60,000 soms.

A criminal case has been initiated. Investigation is ongoing.