A criminal group that tried to extort 2 million dollars from a businessman was caught

In the Namangan region, an organized criminal group that planned to steal money in the amount of 2 million US dollars was caught in the apartment of a citizen engaged in a large business.  This was reported by the Information Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is said that on 12 April this year, law enforcement officers conducted a quick operation and arrested a member of a criminal group, who was born in 1979 and was convicted under 8 articles of the previous Criminal Code, in Almazor district of Tashkent city.  2 knives, 4 scotch tapes, field uniforms of Internal Affairs officers, rubber gloves, opium drug, tramadol tablets and a sports bag found with him were formalized as evidence.

The operation continued and the remaining 4 members of the group were arrested by the operatives of the Internal Affairs Department of Namangan region on the same day.  Sports clothes, masks and gloves, 3 knives, an electroshock device, telephones, drugs and other equipment were found from them.

During the quick investigation, it was found that 5 more persons were invited to commit the crime of invasion, and they were also arrested.

Most of the people from the group have previous convictions, or are businessmen and sportsmen, most of them were familiar with the citizen whom they planned to attack, some even worked with him.

In connection with this situation, the investigative department under the head of the Internal Affairs Department of the city of Tashkent has opened a criminal case under Article 164, Part 2 of the Criminal Code and is conducting investigations.