In Tutaev sentenced poachers who illegally shot 4 elk

In Tutaev, the court considered the criminal case of three poachers. About the details of the trial reports the press service of the Prosecutor’s office of the Yaroslavl region

As follows from the materials of the case, three residents of the Tutaev municipal district, aged 38 to 47 years, in November and December last year, several times illegally caught moose. A total of 4 moose were killed and butchered.

Some of the meat of forest inhabitants poachers sold.

The damage to natural resources caused by illegal hunting was estimated at 960 thousand rubles. The hunters reimbursed him before the trial.

The court found them guilty of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 258 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal hunting with the use of a motor vehicle, causing particularly large damage).

Taking into account the position of the state prosecutor, depending on the role and degree of participation in the committed crime, the Tutaev City Court sentenced the guilty to a fine of 400 to 450 thousand rubles.

Cars that were used by poachers to remove the carcasses of elk from the forest, namely “Toyota Yaris”, “Kia Rio”, “Ford Mondeo”, at the request of the prosecution were confiscated into the state income.