2.6 thousand m3 of common minerals (sand) were illegally extracted on the territory of the wild sand pit in the Almetyevsk district. The fact of theft was recorded by inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with the help of a camera trap in October last year. As the inspectors explained, the actions of the perpetrators constitute a crime under Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.