Russian woman was detained in Uzbekistan for illegal transport of drone

A resident of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Polina Ermakov was detained in Uzbekistan for the transport of an unmanned vehicle, Fergana News reports with reference to its application to the NGS24.ru network resource.

Ermakova said that he is now under subscription about the defect and waiting for a court decision.

According to her, she entered Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan on May 15. The drone lying in her backpack did not raise any questions from the Uzbek border guards. “They did not give any declaration forms on the drone, but they obviously saw it. I asked:” Can I go? You can take the bag? “, They answered me that yes. Nobody made no comments, but on May 17, when I was preparing to go to Bukhara by train, the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained me at the station at the next passage of the inspection with the bag in which the drone lay”, – said Ermakova.

the drone was seized, the act on the seizure of Ermakova technology was not provided, but they announced that under local laws she faces up to three years in prison.

The Russian Embassy in Tashkent confirmed Ermakova’s detention and said that this is not the first such case. “Yes, we are aware of this situation, the embassy with her in touch. Moreover, we sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan with a request to quickly understand this matter and explain the inconsistency of the actions of the border guards. No one disputes that it violated the law,” they explained, “they explained At the embassy.

Previously, the girl was in 59 countries and in 40 of them, including the USA, China, South America, unhindered the drone into the sky.