Schemes for the resale of subsidized liquefied gas through speculators have been uncovered in the regions

Schemes for the resale of subsidized liquefied gas through speculators revealed in the regions

Officers of the State Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and Uzenergoinspektsiya conducted nationwide raids aimed at curbing the illegal trafficking of liquefied gas cylinders intended for the population.

During the inspections carried out from October 19 to 21 this year, more than 120 violations were revealed, with the direct involvement of gas supply organization employees established in 39 cases. Over 3,000 gas cylinders and 13,636 kilograms of liquefied gas were seized from illegal circulation as material evidence.

Thus, in the Jizzakh region, the illegal storage of 239 gas cylinders for the purpose of further resale was revealed in 9 cases, including 152 cylinders secretly kept in the house of a relative by a former senior official of the Zaamin district gas supply department.

In the Syrdarya region, 30 undocumented cylinders were found in the house of an official of the Khavast district gas supply department, in the Navoiy region, 26 cylinders were seized from a driver of the Khatyrchi district gas service, and in the Fergana region, an engineer and a locksmith of the Kushtepa district gas service kept 8 gas cylinders intended for the population in their homes for illegal sale.

In the Samarkand region, during an operational event, a security guard at a gas filling station in the Urgut district was detained while attempting to sell 3 filled cylinders for 2.5 million soums.

During an inspection of the home of a 1972-born resident of the Pastdargom district, operatives discovered 22 filled cylinders. The man bought them from a district gas service driver at 70,000 soums and resold them to citizens at 100,000 soums.

In the Surkhandarya region, the illegal storage of 65 cylinders was documented; in particular, a 39-year-old resident of the Bandikhan district purchased 32 cylinders from a district gas service driver at 70,000 soums to resell them at an inflated price.

Similar facts were revealed in Karakalpakstan, Khorezm, Namangan, and other regions, while citizens were reminded of the opportunity to report such violations to the SSS call center via the short number 1520.