On one of the three known weighed a court complaint, which also has been arrested
The Guardia Civil of the Region of Murcia, under operation called 'ROMERO', spoke 1,500 kilos of wild rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), allegedly collected without authority, and has reported three people for violating the provisions of Decree 50 / 2003 Flora of the Region of Murcia, to the Directorate General of Environment of the autonomous region.
Also, one of the accused was arrested for being judicially demanded.
The performances took place after officers of the Civil Guard, one of the devices provided to prevent and prosecute offenses against the environment related to the flora, detect multiple people were collecting large amounts of wild rosemary in a mountain area located in the municipality of Cehegín.
After carrying out the necessary checks it was found that the three people who were collecting this plant type lacked the required authorizations to carry out such activity, so were denounced by typified by Decree 50/2003 offenses Plants Wildlife in the Region of Murcia, to the Directorate General of Environment of the autonomous region.
The use in the mountains is strictly regulated by various reasons, including the potential impact on erosion, the risk of forest fires, the damage to the reproduction of different species of wildlife or condition to livestock activities such as beekeeping, etc.
To gather rosemary, plus get the required authorization, must comply with a number of measures, including the method of production (must mow the plant, never pluck) and completion dates of the activity, which at certain times of year is limited.
Also, after checking the identity of the accused was found that on one of them weighed a requisition tracking and arrest issued by the Court of 1st Instance and Instruction No. 1 of Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia), so he proceeded to immediate arrest and brought to justice.
The actions have been developed by agents of the Nature Conservation (SEPRONA) of the Region of Murcia.
Source: Ministerio del Interior