Attempt to smuggle contraband rice from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan thwarted

Ирина Орлонская Incidents
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On February 15, 2026, the State Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic reported that an attempt to illegally export contraband cargo to Tajikistan was thwarted at the Batken Border Administration.

Using modern border security technologies, the violation was promptly detected.

During monitoring of the border area near the village of Dobo, suspicious actions of several individuals were observed, who, having set up wooden supports at the engineering barriers, were attempting to throw bags across the border.
Upon receiving real-time information, a rapid response team immediately departed for the scene. As a result of their actions, three citizens of Kyrgyzstan were detained:

— T.S.N., born in 2006, and S.E.D., born in 2006, both from the village of Chon-Talaa in the Kara-Bak rural administration;

— K. uulu A., born in 2004, a resident of the village of Buzhum in the Kara-Bulak rural administration.

During the inspection of the detained Opel Astra vehicle, 32 bags of rice of the "Ak-Turpakh" variety were found.

The detained individuals and the confiscated cargo were handed over to the competent authorities for further investigation in accordance with the legislation of Kyrgyzstan.
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