A group of men in the Korsakov district in southern Sakhalin were detained by border guards on the grounds that they were illegally purchasing and processing Far Eastern sea cucumber. writes about this TASS.
About 16.5 thousand sea cucumber samples were seized, with a total value exceeding 11 million rubles. According to representatives of the press service of the border department of the Sakhalin region of the FSB of Russia, the previously calculated damage from the illegal extraction of aquatic biological resources exceeded 11 million rubles, since no documents confirming their legality were submitted. extraction. Investigation and operational search activities continue.
16,414 dried Far Eastern sea cucumber samples and necessary equipment were found at the detention site. Border guards detected criminal elements under Article 175 (acquisition or sale of property known to have been obtained through criminal means) and Article 256 (illegal extraction (capture) of aquatic biological resources) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The legal decision regarding those detained will be made soon.
Previously border guards on Sakhalin captured Sea cucumber for 7.2 million rubles. According to the information provided by law enforcement officials, the suspects caught 5 thousand 305 sea cucumbers. The total weight of the batch was 320 kilograms. The Russians were quickly detained, and during the events, a rubber boat, a car and diving equipment were noticed at the scene.
Also, Rosrybolovstvo chairman Ilya Shestakov during the international exhibition and forum “Russia” statedIt was stated that there are no plans yet to expand the experiment to limit the export of caviar to other fish products by air passengers from Kamchatka.
Previously FSB closed Black caviar smuggling network in Russia.
Source: Gazeta
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