Member of Kolbaev’s organized crime group detained in Cholpon-Ata

A member of Kamchi Kolbaev’s organized crime group, nicknamed Tapancha, was detained in Cholpon-Ata city. The press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported.

The security services reported that the detainee is suspected of financing of the organized crime group of Kamchi Kolbaev. The investigators established that the man, through the local government bodies of Cholpon-Ata and through affiliated persons, registered himself as an owner of a large number of beach areas located near Goluboi Issyk-Kul and Kyrgyzskoe Vzmorie resorts.

«Thus, the member of the organized crime group improved his financial situation through acquisition of expensive real estate and movable property, opening of several business entities. It was established that he regularly used part of the illegally obtained money to replenish the so-called thieves’ treasury of Kolbaev,» the statement says.

A criminal case has been opened under the article «Creation of an organized group or participation in it» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The suspect was detained by the SCNS on August 7 and placed in a temporary detention facility. Investigative and operational measures are being carried out aimed at detecting other movable and immovable property obtained by criminal means.