Slurry Spill Causes Death of Around 1,000 Kilograms of Fish
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Maribor police were notified of water pollution and fish deaths in the Rače area in early August. After completing the investigation, they determined that the water pollution and subsequent fish deaths were caused by the spillage of manure into a field near a water source. The damage was estimated at around 8,000 euros. Criminal investigators have already filed criminal charges against the suspect.
The crime of encroachment and destruction of the environment carries a prison sentence of up to eight years.
Maribor police have filed criminal charges with the local prosecutor's office on suspicion of the criminal act of polluting and destroying the environment against the suspect in the August pollution of one of the tributaries of the Požeg reservoir in Rače, which resulted in a large fish death, including in nearby fish ponds.
On August 3, Maribor Police Department officers were notified of water pollution and fish deaths in the Rač area. “We conducted investigative activities on site – we inspected and inspected the area to determine where the substance spill occurred, and the investigation was also conducted in the direction of a possible suspicion of committing a criminal act of polluting and destroying the environment. […]
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