Inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology revealed a recurrent fact of illegal quarry development in Vysokaya Gora district

On May 14, 2015, inspectors of the State Ecological Surveillance under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan prevented the fact of illegal extraction of mineral resources near the village Staraya Tura of Vysokaya Gora district. On May 16, 2015, inspectors organized another raid, in the course whereof a recurrent violation of quarry development, namely peat, without an appropriate license was revealed. On the exit from the quarry KAMAZ trucks, a GAZ vehicle and a shovel crawler were apprehended. Police officers of the Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Vysokaya Gora district withdrew registration plates of machines. With regard to the fact of violation of the nature protection legislation in the field of mineral resources use, fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan referred the documents to the Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Vysokaya Gora district to initiate criminal proceedings.

Please, refer the information on illegal extraction of mineral resources to the Ministry of Ecology at (843) 267-68-67 (Hotline), through the State Information System “People’s control” in the category “Illegal quarries”, as well as via e-mail  eco.signal@tatar.ru.

Press Service of the Ministry