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Two teenagers stole 56 thousand dollars

Two young residents of the Farhor district in the Khatlon region have been detained on suspicion of stealing around 700,000 somoni (about 56,000 dollars). Photo: InternetPhoto: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, on March 15, 17-year-old Rakhmatov Bakhtiyor and 18-year-old Faizalizoda Firdavs, residents of the Dehkanabad […]

Two young residents of the Farhor district in the Khatlon region have been detained on suspicion of stealing around 700,000 somoni (about 56,000 dollars).

Photo: Internet
Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, on March 15, 17-year-old Rakhmatov Bakhtiyor and 18-year-old Faizalizoda Firdavs, residents of the Dehkanabad village in the Farhor district, stole a total of 690,000 somoni from the shop of local resident Gulov Khalnazar.

“Taking advantage of the absence of residents, they entered the yard of Gulov Khalnazar’s house, where they used a metal rod to break the lock on the shop door and illegally entered the premises.

They then stole 200 somoni in coins, 15,000 somoni, 40,150 US dollars, and a Nokia mobile phone worth 150 somoni, and fled the crime scene. Their criminal actions caused the victim significant damage amounting to 690,000 somoni,” the statement noted.

It is reported that the Farhor district police department has initiated a criminal case against them under Article 244 of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan (Theft committed on a particularly large scale), and an investigation is underway.

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