A native of Samarkand, born in 1988, having promised to send a 23-year-old citizen to the United States through illegal means, received $36 thousand from him, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

However, a young man who intended to cross into the United States through Mexico was detained by border patrol and deported back to Uzbekistan. After that, demanding the return of the money spent, he received $18 thousand.

The entrepreneur, harboring a grudge, entered into a criminal conspiracy with a 45-year-old resident of Tashkent. They decided to kidnap a young man who had returned from Mexico and take his money.

During an operative event carried out by employees of the MIA Department for Combating Organized Crime, members of a criminal group were detained who received the money they demanded for a citizen who was kidnapped and taken to one of the resorts in the Yukorichirchik district and for carrying out the order.

As material evidence, money treated with a special agent and a fake pistol made of metal, which was kept for intimidation, were seized from them.

A criminal case has been initiated on the fact under paragraph “b”, Part 2 of Article 164 (Robbery) and paragraph “b”, Part 2 of Article 137 (Kidnapping) of the Criminal Code.

Currently, the MIA Investigation Department is investigating the case.