Smuggling channel suppressed in Batken region

13:40, 11 ноября 2025, Bishkek - 24-kg.com news agency , Aizada KUTUEVA

The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS) has dismantled an organized channel for transporting smuggled consumer goods and household appliances in large volumes across the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in Leilek district, Batken region.

As part of criminal cases opened under Article 231, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic «Economic smuggling committed by an organized (cross-border) group or as part of a criminal community,» authorities identified citizens of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and China who had formed an organized cross-border group to illegally transport goods into Tajikistan.

Following operational and investigative actions on the facts of cross-border smuggling of goods valued at approximately 29 million soms, the following individuals were detained and placed in SCNS detention facilities: Chinese citizen L.C.F., citizens of Kyrgyzstan I.A.I., T.A.K., T.U.M., A.K.K., O.Sh.K., S.A.K., U.u.M., G.U.T., S.I.A., T.T.A., T.D.E. (12 people in total). Investigative actions are currently ongoing.

The reported crimes were committed despite preventive measures undertaken by the SCNS to curb illegal smuggling activities.