The Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office, together with other law enforcement agencies, has uncovered several cases of illegal gold mining and extraction in multiple districts of the Navoi region during targeted operations.

In the Tamdy district, officers detained individuals identified as O.I. and others while they were illegally extracting 5,200 kg of ore-bearing stones containing 315.1 grams of gold, valued at a total of 569.8 million soums, from the Bessopan industrial area. The materials were seized as physical evidence.

In the Konimex district, a separate operation revealed that citizens T.T. and T.G. had conspired to mine sand and stones containing gold using specialized equipment on the territory of the Karakata neighborhood.

In the Khatyrchi district, authorities discovered that citizen U.R. was engaged in extracting gold from sand and stones at his residence in the Zarafshon neighborhood. Officers seized 160 kg of sand-stone mixture containing gold particles.

Another resident of the same district, identified as S.Kh., was also found to be conducting similar activities at his home, with 300 kg of gold-bearing sand-stone mixture confiscated as evidence.

Criminal cases have been initiated under Article 196-2 of the Criminal Code (Illegal extraction of minerals using prospector methods), and investigative actions are ongoing.

Source: www.gazeta.uz