Frontier guards of the Berdyansk detachment during patrolling found on the coast of the Azov Sea (Berdyansk spit) a small vessel with two people on board.

During the inspection, servicemen found prohibited fishing gear - 350 meters of nets, and more than 200 flounder of flounder, hidden in the design features of the vessel.

"On the owner of the vessel, the border guards drafted a protocol on the administrative offense under Art..

202 КУoАП (exit for the point of basing), and on a scene representatives of National police and Госрыбоохраны are caused ", - have informed in State Border Service.

"In addition, in accordance with the established procedure, a notification has been sent on the detection of signs of the commission of a criminal offense under Article. 249 of the Criminal Code "Illicit occupation of fish, animal or other aquatic extractive fisheries". The total damage to the state is about 180,000 hryvnia, "the ministry added..