Inspectors of the Central Territorial Department elicited a fact of illegal sand recovery

On February 27, inspectors of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted a raid to inspect sanitary and ecological state of Pestretsy district. In the course of the raid, the fact of illegal recovery of common mineral resources on the territory of Kulaevskoe rural settlement was elicited. Ten units of special-purpose machinery were operating on site including 9 trucks and 1 excavator. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Pestretsy district, local police commissioner and authorized representative of the Minors Affairs Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Pestretsy district, an inspector of the Road Patrol Service under the State Road Traffic Safety Inspectorate, a policeman of the patrol-guard service group under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Pestretsy district were engaged in on-site collaborative work. The documents of drivers of heavy transporters were checked, two protocols against individuals were drawn up according to article 7.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, part 1 “On the use of mineral resources without a license to the use of mineral resources”. The police department of Pestretsy district is implementing measures on check of the identity of persons participating in this administrative violation. The Ministry of Ecology will estimate the damage inflicted on mineral resources following illegal recovery of common mineral resources.
According to inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology, developed unauthorized open cast mine is 20X30 m in size and 4.5 m in depth. According to preliminary estimation, 2,700 cubic meters of pit sand were taken out.

Press Service of the Ministry