Law enforcement officials apprehended two individuals who were planning to sell 300 counterfeit banknotes with a face value of 200,000 sums for 20 million sums.
During a search of the Monza vehicle belonging to one of the detainees, a ruler, scissors, a utility knife, 4 fake banknotes, and 89 sheets of A4 paper printed with the national currency were discovered.
A computer and a color printer were seized as physical evidence.
A criminal case has been initiated under Article 176 (manufacturing and trafficking of counterfeit money, excise stamps, or securities) of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan.