"Sturgeon" net caught antilopa saiga horns

By Murat Sultangaliev

During "Bekire-2015" (Sturgeon-2015) operation police officers detained bag with 75 horns of antilopa saiga.

According to Gulnazira Mukhtarova, the head of Internal Affairs press service, on the night of April 6, on Atyrau – Astrakhan highway, near the Chyornaya River, traffic police officers stopped Lada-Priora car operated by 33-y.o. resident of Makhambet village. When police checked the car trunk, they found a bag with 75 horns of antilopa saiga that belonged to 35-y.o.resident of the West Kazakhstan Oblast. Investigation is ongoing.