A court in Kazakhstan's Akmola Region has heard an administrative case against an 85-year-old pensioner who was transporting 76 kilograms of fish without documents proving its legal origin. The elderly man was fined, with the penalty reduced by 30 percent, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to the official Telegram channel of the Akmola Region courts, the case concerned the illegal acquisition and transport of fish without the required documents — Part 1 of Article 389 of the Code of Administrative Offences.
The court established that in October 2026, during an operational and preventive operation, police officers stopped a vehicle. The driver was carrying fish with a total weight of 76 kg in the trunk: 33 kg of crucian carp, 32 kg of pike, 8.5 kg of perch and 2.5 kg of carp. He had no documents confirming the legal origin of the products.
In court, the man agreed with the administrative offence report and explained that he had bought the fish for resale and had not completed the paperwork.
In imposing the penalty, the court took into account the offender's age — born in 1941, 85 years old, a pensioner — as well as his financial situation, his remorse and the fact that he had committed the administrative offence for the first time. Under Part 2 of Article 819 of the Code of Administrative Offences, the fine was reduced by 30 percent.
By court order, the man was subjected to an administrative penalty in the form of a fine of 30,275 tenge, with the confiscation of the seized fish products obtained as a result of the administrative offence. The court ruling has entered into force.