In Irkutsk last week about 200 retail outlets were checked during raids against unauthorized trade. Specialists stopped the sale of canned goods, dairy products, fruit, vegetables, honey and even sand from cars, and homemade stalls and boxes were taken to a landfill. Since the start of the year 1707 raids have been carried out in the city, and fines totaling more than 2 million rubles have been imposed under 1645 reports.
About 200 retail outlets were inspected last week by specialists from the consumer market department of the Irkutsk city administration and members of municipal volunteer patrols during raids to suppress unauthorized trade. This time, the specialists focused on Volozhskaya Street in the Oktyabrsky District and Stepana Razina Street in the Pravoberezhny District. In the Leninsky District, inspections were carried out on R. Lyuksemburg and Novatorov streets, in the Sverdlovsky District on Kostycheva-Stasova streets and on Ryabikov Boulevard.During the raids, the sale of canned goods, dairy products, sweets, fruit, vegetables, melons, and honey was stopped. Special attention this time was paid to the sale of sand from vehicles.
After the raids, makeshift stalls, crates, and boxes were taken to the landfill. As Alexander Popov, head of the consumer market department of the Irkutsk city administration, said, since the beginning of the year specialists from the department and municipal patrols have conducted 1,707 raids, and administrative commissions have reviewed 1,645 reports. The amount of fines imposed totaled more than 2 million rubles.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk city administration