The resident of Khabarovsk received a suspended sentence for transportation of black caviar in the coffin – RBC

the Khabarovsk district Court has sentenced the driver of the hearse in which the coffin was filled with black caviar, to three years of imprisonment conditionally and to the penalty of 4.17 million rubles. it is reported by TASS with reference to the senior assistant of the Prosecutor of Khabarovsk territory Valentine Glazov.

“the Court found the defendant guilty of illegal transportation of derivatives of particularly valuable aquatic biological resources belonging to the species listed in the Russian Red book and protected by the international treaties of the Russian Federation, committed by an organized group (article 258.1 of the criminal code) and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment conditionally with a trial period of three years”, — said the Agency interlocutor.

In the words of Glazova, the court decided to partially satisfy the claims of the Amur territorial administration of Federal Agency for fisheries in the interests of Russia in the amount of 4.65 million rubles and ruled that the driver of the hearse 4.17 million RUB.

the Driver of the hearse, which was half a ton of caviar, was detained in October 2015. Then inspectors of the road patrol service stopped a bus Nissan Civilian for speeding on the 34-th km of the highway Khabarovsk — Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The driver of the car reported that transporting the body of the dead woman, but when viewed from the interior of the car, there was discovered a coffin with caviar. While the body of the deceased woman was found.

the hearse Driver and his partner told police that he transported the coffin at the request of a stranger, who asked to transport the alleged body of the deceased before relatives and promised to pay for this service of 25 thousand. the Coffin with black caviar, according to the detainees, was also uploaded to them by unknown persons.

a few days Later by the detention of the hearse with the coffin filled with black caviar, Ministry of internal Affairs of Khabarovsk, a criminal case under article 258.1 of the criminal code (illegal production and trafficking of particularly valuable aquatic biological resources belonging to the species listed in the Red book).