In Transcarpathia, border guards caught three Ukrainians who were illegally mining for gravel

Yesterday, in Transcarpathia, border guards caught people who may have been committing illegal mining.

While patrolling the area adjacent to the border, border guards of the department "Velyky Bychkiv" of the Mukachevo Detachment saw on the overwash of the Tisa river unknown persons who were engaged in the extraction of gravel. The extraction of sand and gravel mixture was carried out using 5 vehicles – a truck "KAMAZ", two "URALs", an excavator and a bulldozer. The citizens had no documents for mining in the border zone.

Border guards informed officers of Rakhiv Police Department about the identified offense containing elements of a crime under Article 240 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The citizens were brought to administrative responsibility under Art. 202 of the CAO. The vehicles were handed over to the police.