Export of 1 kg of black caviar abroad was prevented at Khabarovsk airport

Two Russian tourists who tried to illegally export more than 1 kg of sturgeon caviar abroad were detained at Khabarovsk airport. The customs has opened two criminal cases.

According to IA AmurMedia, during the registration of the Khabarovsk – Bangkok flight, customs officers found two plastic containers with a substance similar to black caviar in the luggage of a man and a woman. There were no markings on them.

The examination confirmed that the tourists were transporting caviar from a particularly valuable species of sturgeon, Kaluga, which is under threat of extinction. Such goods for personal needs can be exported from the country, but not more than 250 grams per person in the original packaging with special labeling.

Earlier it was reported that over 400 kg of illegally harvested black caviar were seized from two residents of Khabarovsk. Caviar and fragments of sturgeon fish were in two refrigerated trucks. According to experts, the damage to the country's aquatic biological resources may exceed 84 million rubles.