Citizen of China tries to take $355,000 out of Kyrgyzstan

13:27, 09 июля 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Nuris ALYMBAEV

A 53-year-old citizen of China was detained at Dostuk-Avtodorozhny checkpoint on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border. The press center of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.

According to it, the foreigner tried to illegally take $355,000 out of Kyrgyzstan without a customs declaration.

Documented materials were registered, and appropriate investigative and operational measures are carried out.

The state committee recalled that in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers resolution of January 13, 2023, a temporary ban was imposed on the export of cash foreign currency from Kyrgyzstan. Foreigners are prohibited from taking out of the country more than $5,000 in cash, and citizens of Kyrgyzstan cannot take out more than $10,000. If the exported amount exceeds the established limit, the state charges a fee of 10 percent of the excess limit.