PM blames Tax Service of "knowing perfectly who is behind fuel smuggling"

AKIPRESS.COM - Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Muhamedkaliy Abilgaziyev speaking at the meeting of the State Tax Service on Monday blamed the STS of "knowing very well who is behind the fuel smuggling."
"If you and the financial police hadn't been informed, it wouldn't have happened. Thousands of tons of fuel and lubricants are transported across the Kyrgyz border under the guise of gasoline," he said.
40 pre-trial investigations into smuggling, evasion from customs payments are under way. Damages amounted to 30.4 million soms. 40.5 million soms were reimbursed to the state budget, according to financial police statement as of July 26.