\»Black loggers\’ arrested in Primorye

In Primorsky Krai detained a gang of «black lumberjacks.» Damage caused by their activities amounted to 11 million rubles.

The damage caused by illegal logging — 11 million rubles

Channel illegal timber supplies abroad in Lesozavodsk blocked. Operatives have been informed that in the surrounding woods locals organized logging on an industrial scale.

Next, under the guise of sawn timber sends to China . The loading area at the railway police and SWAT fighters have found more than a thousand cubic meters of wood — ash, oak and lime trees. Preliminary damage amounted to about 11 million rubles.

In addition, detained 16 Chinese nationals. Operatives believe in Primorye they worked illegally, 10 of them were brought to administrative responsibility, and one migrant deported from Russia by force.