Police in Russia's Kamchatka have seized 29.5 tons of red caviar worth some 30 million rubles ($970,000) from a refrigerator found in the street in a local town, a Kamchatka police spokesman said on Wednesday.
Some 1,340 plastic containers full of caviar were seized in the town of Sobolevo, the official said.
A total of 207 poaching-related offences and crimes have been registered in Russia since the start of the year.
In line with Russian law, all contraband caviar must be destroyed. The law was introduced in 2008, eliminating a loophole that permitted the sale of confiscated roe.
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, September 8 (RIA Novosti)
