The purchase of sturgeon led a student from the Altai Territory to the dock

According to the case materials, everything happened on July 10, 2026 in the Krutikhinsky district. During a fishing trip, a stranger came to a young man on the bank of the river on an inflatable boat and offered to buy a sturgeon. The guy agreed, put the fish in the fishing cage and put it in the trunk of the car.

On the way, the car was stopped by DPS officers. When they searched the trunk, they found fish. The examination established that this is a Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) - a particularly valuable aquatic biological resource listed in the Red Book of Russia. Its extraction and circulation are completely prohibited.

A criminal case was opened against a young person under Part 1 of Article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal acquisition, storage, sale, transfer, export from the Russian Federation or import into the Russian Federation of especially valuable wild animals and aquatic biological resources belonging to species listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation).

“In court, the defendant admitted guilt in full, explained that he did not know about the prohibited status of the fish and purchased it from a stranger who offered the goods during fishing,” the joint press service of the courts of the region said.

Given the mitigating circumstances, the court appointed the young man 100 hours of mandatory work. The sentence has entered into force.

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