Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Employees of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan (SSS) stopped an attempt to illegally traffic in counterfeit foreign currency.

In Pap district of Namangan region, law enforcement agencies stopped a Honda car driven by a 46-year-old resident of Chinaz.

During the inspection, the man, who was heading to Tashkent, was found to have 4,000 counterfeit dollars.

It became known that he purchased counterfeit money for $2,200 to sell it in the future from a previously convicted 53-year-old resident of Yangikurgan district.

During the operational activity, this citizen was detained while exchanging 5,400 counterfeit dollars for real US$3,000.

It turned out that he was delivering counterfeit money through his accomplices in Kyrgyzstan.

Currently, a criminal case has been initiated under Article 176 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan (“Manufacture, sale of counterfeit money, excise stamps or securities on a large scale by prior conspiracy by a group of persons”), and an investigation is underway.