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DFG News Release: For Immediate Release
May 22, 2003
Department of Fish and Game Arrests Another 12 in Sturgeon Poaching Investigation, Bringing the Total to 22
Contact: Steve Martarano, DFG Information Officer, (916) 654-5866
SACRAMENTO - Department of Fish and Game (DFG) officers arrested an additional 12 suspects early Thursday relating to a two-year joint federal and state investigation into a network of Sacramento-area sturgeon poachers.
Thursday's arrests come on the heels of the May 9 operation, dubbed Delta Beluga, in which DFG made a total of 10 arrests. Eight of those were allegedly involved in the poaching operation, and the others were taken on outstanding warrants (the DFG news releases from May 9 can be found at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news03/index.html).
All of Friday's arrests came because of information received by the DFG during May 9 suspect interviews and later surveillance activities, DFG officials said. The suspects were all booked into Sacramento or Merced county jails.
Those arrested Friday include: Ker Vue, 31, Sacramento; Cheng Vang, 25, Merced; Tong Vang, 29, Sacramento; Lor Her, 32, Sacramento; Yelina Petrishina, 53, Rancho Cordova; Andrew Thao, 30, Sacramento; Kaofey Saechao, 23, Sacramento; Ludmila Svanyuta, 34, Davis; Joua T. Lo, 53, Sacramento; Cheng Xiong, 37, Sacramento; Viktor Flek, 44, Citrus Heights; and Tatyana Bak, 43, Citrus Heights. All of Friday's suspects will be charged with misdemeanor conspiracy to buy or sell sturgeon or sturgeon parts. A suspect convicted of misdemeanor conspiracy to illegally take sturgeon is subject to a maximum fine of $10,000 and one year in county jail.
The investigation is ongoing, the DFG said.
May 22, 2003
Department of Fish and Game Arrests Another 12 in Sturgeon Poaching Investigation, Bringing the Total to 22
Contact: Steve Martarano, DFG Information Officer, (916) 654-5866
SACRAMENTO - Department of Fish and Game (DFG) officers arrested an additional 12 suspects early Thursday relating to a two-year joint federal and state investigation into a network of Sacramento-area sturgeon poachers.
Thursday's arrests come on the heels of the May 9 operation, dubbed Delta Beluga, in which DFG made a total of 10 arrests. Eight of those were allegedly involved in the poaching operation, and the others were taken on outstanding warrants (the DFG news releases from May 9 can be found at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news03/index.html).
All of Friday's arrests came because of information received by the DFG during May 9 suspect interviews and later surveillance activities, DFG officials said. The suspects were all booked into Sacramento or Merced county jails.
Those arrested Friday include: Ker Vue, 31, Sacramento; Cheng Vang, 25, Merced; Tong Vang, 29, Sacramento; Lor Her, 32, Sacramento; Yelina Petrishina, 53, Rancho Cordova; Andrew Thao, 30, Sacramento; Kaofey Saechao, 23, Sacramento; Ludmila Svanyuta, 34, Davis; Joua T. Lo, 53, Sacramento; Cheng Xiong, 37, Sacramento; Viktor Flek, 44, Citrus Heights; and Tatyana Bak, 43, Citrus Heights. All of Friday's suspects will be charged with misdemeanor conspiracy to buy or sell sturgeon or sturgeon parts. A suspect convicted of misdemeanor conspiracy to illegally take sturgeon is subject to a maximum fine of $10,000 and one year in county jail.
The investigation is ongoing, the DFG said.
