The prosecutor's office of Buryatia submitted to the court a case on animal smuggling for 6 million rubles.

In Buryatia, an indictment was approved in the case against a resident of Irkutsk, who is accused of smuggling derivatives (products or derived materials obtained from animals: horns, skins, musk gland, etc. — Ed.) especially valuable wild animals across the border. This was announced on December 13 by the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.

"The accused, holding the post of director general of a commercial organization, illegally transported a shipment of musk musk gland across the customs border of the EAEU to East Asian countries, presenting fictitious purchase agreements from hunters to the customs authorities," the Telegram channel reported.

The investigation found that the illegal actions were committed in August 2022 and July 2024 within the framework of a foreign economic contract. The total cost of the product exceeded 6 million rubles.

It is reported that the criminal case has been transferred to the Khimki City Court of the Moscow region for consideration on the merits.

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Earlier, on July 10, it was reported that a 42-year-old man was detained in the Amur region of the Khabarovsk Territory, who illegally fished 700 kg of red book fish of the sturgeon family and extracted 7 kg of caviar. According to the investigation, the police found and seized a fishing net, a boat with an outboard motor, many fragments of fish, as well as 13 plastic containers with black caviar.

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