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Yesterday, Wednesday, October 28. An officer from the Kaunas Wildlife Protection Inspectorate was injured during a raid at the intersection of the Ančia and Šešuvis rivers (Jurbarkas district) to arrest people poaching with electrical devices.
“The injured officer will receive full assistance. We will always defend and protect our officers. The incident shows that inspectors must be fully equipped with security measures. Ensuring their safety is a priority. And all potential violators will resist an officer from nature conservation will always be handed over to the police. We will do everything possible to hold people accountable for their actions, “said Olga Vėbrienė, director of the Department of Environmental Protection (AAD).
When officers arrested the poacher during the raid, he resisted and injured the inspector.
Damages suffered by an official will be compensated in accordance with the procedure established by the public function and other laws.
The AAD informs that the damages suffered by the official at the time of the accident will be compensated in accordance with the procedure established by the public function and other laws, said in a statement Lina Lapėnaitė, senior specialist of the Communication Division of the Department of Environmental Protection of the Ministry of the Environment.
Two pre-trial investigations into the incident will begin. One under article 286 of the Penal Code. (resistance to a police officer). The second for the use of electrical fishing apparatus in accordance with article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania.
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