Sentence for poaching

On 03.12.2022, during field control measures, employees of the Verkhnedvinsk Inter-district Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora detained a poacher. A resident of one of the villages in the Verkhnedvinsk district illegally hunted one adult red deer using a metal snare.

The incident occurred within the hunting grounds of the Volynetsko-Shayterovshchyna hunting lease of the "Verkhnedvinsk ROS" RGOO "BOOR" near the village of Grulevo, Verkhnedvinsk district. The man illegally hunted one adult red deer using prohibited hunting tools – a metal snare. With his unlawful actions, the poacher caused environmental damage equivalent to 300 base units, totaling 9,600 rubles.

Based on this fact, the Verkhnedvinsk ROKK initiated a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

In March 2023, the Verkhnedvinsk District Court found the aforementioned citizen guilty of hunting without a proper permit, using prohibited tools and methods (illegal hunting), which resulted in particularly large-scale damage, and based on Part 4 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, sentenced him to:

- Restriction of liberty for a