An illegal logger will be tried in court

Khust Local Prosecutor’s Office approved and sent to court an indictment in a criminal proceeding over illegal logging against a resident of Irshava district.

According to the first deputy head of the Khust Local Prosecutor’s Office Volodymyr Kelemen, in the territory of the forest fund of a state forest enterprise, the man without any permit documents illegally cut down trees of the beech species in total amount of 10.63 cubic meters and attempted to take the illegally harvested timber from the scene.

The amount of damage caused to the environment is more than 40,000 UAH.

The actions of the accused are classified under Part 1 of Article 246 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – illegal logging. The Transcarpathian faces a fine in amount of three hundred to five hundred non-taxable minimum incomes, or arrest for a term of up to six months, or restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years, or imprisonment for the same term.

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