Khabarovsk man held for possession of parts of 3 Amur tigers - FSB
KHABAROVSK. July 24 (Interfax) - The Federal Security Service's (FSB) border guards in the Khabarovsk Territory have arrested a local man after seizing from him parts of three Amur tigers, a species which is on the Red List, the regional branch of the FSB said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The Khabarovsk man has been detained. He said the derivatives were meant to be sent further abroad for sale to residents of Asia," the statement said.
The border guards established that the man had acted as part of a ring selling and smuggling parts of rare animals abroad. All members of the group have been identified.
"Efforts are underway to consider opening a criminal inquiry under Part 1, Article 258.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, or sale of parts of particularly precious wild animals)," the statement said.