16:13, 14 January 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency, by Nuris ALYMBAEV
Men who bought cars for counterfeit money detained
16:13, 14 January 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency, by Nuris ALYMBAEV
Security services detained two men for distributing counterfeit money, the press center of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS) reports.
Security officers received information that some individuals were distributing counterfeit money. It was established that they organized a business of buying and selling cars, where they paid with counterfeit foreign currency. SCNS officers identified the suspects. They turned out to be two Kyrgyzstanis M.I.M. and S.K.D., who were placed in the SCNS pretrial detention center.
A large amount of foreign and local currency was seized during a search of their homes, which was sent for examination. The SCNS continues measures to identify other individuals involved in the above-mentioned illegal activity, as well as to determine the sources of origin of the counterfeit banknotes.