In the resort district of St. Petersburg found a workshop for processing meat of wild animals

Police found an underground shop in the resort district of St. Petersburg, where a 46-year-old local resident processed fish and meat of wild animals. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

The police made 235 raids, checking more than a thousand vehicles, dozens of points of reception of wood and objects of processing of aquatic biological resources. As a result, employees seized more than a thousand cubic meters of wood, more than 5.5 tons of aquatic biological resources, four pieces of equipment and about a hundred tools for illegal fishing.

In the resort area found an underground shop for processing fish and meat of wild animals, organized by a 46-year-old local resident. During the raid, police seized more than 1.7 tons of fish, 25.4 kilograms of caviar and almost 1.5 tons of meat. A criminal case has been opened on the violation.

In the Vsevolozhsky district caught the offender who hunted elk. A man living in the area was arrested and 18 weapons seized. In the Kingisepp district, investigations began on the facts of illegal hunting for boar and illegal fishing of trout listed in the Red Book.

There were also 19 cases of illegal logging. Most violations occurred in Boxitogorsk and Vyborg districts.