360 kg of sturgeon fish and 50 liters of black caviar were seized from a Krasnoyarsk resident.

Employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Yeniseisky" seized 360 kg of sturgeon fish and 50 liters of black caviar from a 42-year-old resident of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This was announced on October 14 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk in her Telegram channel.

The police stopped the man's car to check his documents. Upon inspection, it turned out that there were boxes and containers with carcasses and billets of fish listed in the Red Book in the body and trunk.

According to Volk, the driver refused to testify. The car was taken to the police station, and the biological resources were sent for examination. A criminal case has been opened on the fact of illegal trafficking in aquatic biological resources under Part 1 of Article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The damage may amount to about 20 million rubles.

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