A man was arrested by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) carrying 600 jabutis puppieson the afternoon of Thursday (31), on an interstate bus. You Animals would be taken to the Baixada Fluminense inside bags in the luggage compartment of the vehicle.
THE Case occurred on BR-116, in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro Region.
THE Man boarded in Feira de Santana (BA) and would take the animals to Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense, where they would be sold at a free fair on the weekend. Each copy of the species is sold in the illegal market for approximately R $ 700.
He confessed that it would receive a sum of money. The man also told PRF agents that he had already been arrested for the same crime in 2015.
Some puppies ended up dying due to the bad conditions.
THE Case configures environmental crime for transport of wild animalswithout authorization, with fines and detention, in accordance with the Environmental Crimes Law.
THE predicted sentence is a detention of six months to one year and a finemay be increased in cases of rare, endangered species, or when the crime is committed in a period forbidden to hunt at night with abuse of license or in a conservation unit.
The case was referred to the Environmental Protection Police Station (DPMA).
