According to the police, the men were detained yesterday while patrolling the territory of Olevsky District.

Four prospectors worked near the village of Shebediha. Three men and a woman using a motor pump blurred the soil for further search for amber.

"From the scene, employees of the investigative and operational group of the Olevsky police department seized the motor pump, fire hoses, water intake and other equipment with which the diggers were carrying out illegal fishing," the police said..

At this time, the criminal proceedings of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Such unlawful actions are punishable by fines, restriction or imprisonment for up to three years.

As previously reported to URA-Inform, the customs officers at the Boryspil checkpoint discovered a 12 kg amber that they tried to illegally export to China.