On behalf of the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, the punishment for poaching has been toughened, and therefore, all law enforcement agencies have been given the task of curbing these facts and strengthening the fight against illegal fishing.

   But despite this, some citizens, not fearing justice, continue to engage in illegal activities, especially in border areas. However, they did not take into account one factor - the vigilance of border guards and the border population.

   So, on November 4, 2019, at about 10:00 p.m., at the section of the Chilikty border commandant’s office of the Zaysan border detachment in the Arshyly area, the UAZ car was chased and detained, the driver of which refused to comply with the requirements of the border guard order to stop.

   In the car were 6 citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan. All are brought to administrative responsibility under Article 510, Part 1, Clause 1. Administrative Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Violation of the border regime” and a fine of 5 MCI was imposed.

   During the inspection of the detained car in the back of the truck, 21 bags with the root of the plant “Fritillaria paleocanthus” (popularly called the “golden root” or “piyau”), listed in the Red Book, were found.

   However, the story did not end there. The detainees again tried to escape from the stopping place. At the same time, in the process of pursuit, UAZ passengers began to throw bags of plants from the body. But the violators failed to get away from the border guards. They were again detained and taken to a border detachment, after which they were transferred under investigation through the Zaisan district prosecutor’s office to the Zaysan ROP DP for East Kazakhstan oblast with signs of a crime under Article 339 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Illegal treatment of rare and endangered species, as well as prohibited species plants or animals, their parts or derivatives. " Investigative measures are being taken.

   "Grouse is pale-flowered" - a fairly rare medicinal plant that grows in the mountainous regions of the East Kazakhstan region, is of great value in folk medicine because of its medicinal properties. But its population is becoming smaller and smaller every day, as individual citizens, striving for easy money (the root is highly valued abroad, especially in East Asian countries), do not think about the future generation. After all, continuing its extermination at the same pace, in a few years there will not be a blade of grass. Worth thinking about it!

Press Service of the BS NSC

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/shekaraknb/press/news/details/34202?lang=kk