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Jewelry worth over 1 billion soums discovered at Tashkent Airport

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Jewelry worth over 1 billion soums discovered at Tashkent Airport

At Tashkent International Airport, nearly 691 grams of jewelry that were attempted to be brought in by hiding them from customs control were seized. Their initial value is estimated at 1 billion 20 million 600 thousand soums.

According to the "Tashkent-AERO" specialized customs complex, in recent days, customs officers at the airport's border post have identified several violations involving passengers arriving from abroad.

Specifically, jewelry made of yellow metal was found in the luggage and on the persons of passengers arriving from various foreign destinations, which had not been declared to customs control as required by law.

According to preliminary calculations, the total weight of the discovered items is nearly 691 grams, and their value amounts to 1 billion 20 million 600 thousand soums.

Currently, customs investigations into these cases are ongoing.

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