A fine of 190 billion riyals for a live animal smuggler in Borujerd

Borujerd - The Director General of Lorestan State Penitentiaries announced that a live cattle smuggler in Borujerd city was sentenced to pay a fine of 190 billion Rials.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan Kahraman Shahi, he said: The case of live animal smuggling worth 80 billion Rials was investigated in the special branch for dealing with violations of goods and currency smuggling of the government punishments of Borujerd city.

He added: After examining the documents and considering the lack of legal documents, the branch found the imputation charge to be clear and sentenced the owner of the animals to pay a fine of 80 billion Rials equivalent to the value of the smuggled animals.

Condemning the offender to pay a fine of 190 billion Rials

Shahi continued: During the investigation of this case, 30 billion rials equivalent to the expert value of the car was added to the fine. Also, due to the fact that the transported animals were not available at the time of investigation, the equivalent of their value was also added to the fine amount, and finally, the offender was sentenced to pay a fine of 190 billion Rials.

Discovery of cargo by law enforcement officers

The General Director of Lorestan State Penalties pointed out: Borujerd police officers discovered this cargo from a truck on the suspicion of smuggling and sent the violation case to be dealt with by the state penitentiaries.