In the Nemansky district illegally cut down trees for 1.5 million rubles

Near the village of Volochaevo illegally cut down two ash and one linden. The approximate amount of damage to the forestry farm amounted to 1.5 million rubles. This was reported in the MIA of Russia in the Kaliningrad region.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs “Nemansky” appealed to the representative of the Krasnoznamensky forestry. He is the story of illegal logging of forest plantations discovered near the village of Volochaevo. Precincts have identified a suspect. He was previously convicted 23-year-old resident of the region. He drove into the forest on special equipment and cut down trees, the soil cover was also damaged.

Currently, special equipment and sawing of felled trees were seized by the police, and a criminal case was initiated against the suspect under Part 4 of Art. 261 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Destruction or damage to forest plantations in an especially large size”. The sanction of the article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for up to 10 years.

Recently, more than 170 thousand seedlings of coniferous trees from the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions were brought to the Kaliningrad region. However, the recipient did not report this to Rosselkhoznadzor.