In the Irkutsk district, a criminal case has been opened over illegal logging on a particularly large scale. The cut trees have already been placed in secure storage, and police are working to identify the organizer of the crime. This article provides for a severe penalty, a fine of up to 1 million rubles or imprisonment for up to six years.

The illegally felled trees have been placed in secure custody. At present, the police are taking a set of measures to identify the organizer of the illegal logging. On this fact, the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk District has opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 260 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Illegal felling of forest plantations committed on an especially large scale). The penalty under this article is quite severe — a fine of up to 1 million rubles or imprisonment for up to six years.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region