Employees of the Khabarovsk customs revealed the smuggling of valuable wood on 204 million roubles

Illegal export to China of precious woods of the Mongolian oak and Manchurian ash – amounting to over 204 million rubles revealed Khabarovsk customs officers when carrying out quickly-investigation actions.

Smuggling of roundwood was organized by the resident of Khabarovsk. He was acting by proxy on behalf of two commercial organisations, the Directors of which were shell entities registered in the Moscow and Ryazan regions. When the customs Declaration the attacker provided in the Khabarovsk customs of false contracts and CITES permits. The volume of illegally logged wood exceeded 32 thousand cubic meters.

On the smuggling of strategically important resources of the Khabarovsk customs has opened seven criminal cases under part 1 of article 226.1 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE. Article provides imprisonment for the term up to seven years with a fine of up to 1 million rubles.