Mushroom lovers caught red-handed.
Customs officers, as well as Alsatian country guards, fined several Italian nationals on Sunday October 2, on the A35 motorway, the authorities announced on social networks.
In question, the extraordinary cargo of these individuals, who were traveling in a vehicle in which the agents found... 150 liters of ceps from Bordeaux.
These mushrooms had been picked up on the Vosges massif during the weekend.
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In view of the large quantity of mushrooms, the Alsace country guards of the Green Brigade proceeded to verbalize the transalpine offenders before their return to Italy
”, explained the country guards on a Facebook post.
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In France, in woods and forests under the forestry regime, the maximum quantity of mushroom collection is limited to five liters per person per day, according to article R163-5 of the Forest Code.
And as the National Center for Forest Property reminds us, a harvest of more than 10 liters can be punished with a fine of up to 45,000 euros and 3 years' imprisonment.
The rural guards of Alsace did not specify the amount of the verbalization for the Italian nationals arrested.