A smuggling tunnel was found on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border

Another secret tunnel has been discovered on the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border.  This is reported by the State Committee of National Security of Kyrgyzstan.

It is reported that on 11 June, the special service personnel and border guards found a tunnel in a residential building in the city of Kara-Suv, Osh region.  Litter was found at the tunnel entrance.  

According to the initial investigation, the owner of the property M.I.M, met an Uzbek citizen named Rustam in 2014.  In September 2021, they dug a tunnel connecting Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.  They used the tunnel to transport goods and money.

The Kyrgyz detainee admitted his guilt and expressed his willingness to cooperate with the investigation.

It should be noted that this is not the first time that a tunnel has been discovered between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.  Two secret tunnels connecting the country with Uzbekistan had earlier been discovered in the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan.

The first tunnel was found in the village of Telman in the Kara-Suv district of Osh region (oblast) with a depth of 15m, an entrance breadth of 1.8m, a width of 1.5m, from the entrance to the border of 40m, from the entrance to the exit - 270m.

The second was found under the concrete slab of a residential building in the Kara-Suva, Osh region.