For the first time, a mass landing of red book ginseng was held in the National Park "Land of the Leopard": a new home in the wild found more than 700 "roots of life." A unique event became possible after the seizure of rare plants by customs. The cost of smuggling on the black market is more than 16 million rubles, reports "Vesti: Primorye" with reference to environmentalists.

A large batch of ginseng mined by poachers was seized by officers of the Far Eastern Operational Customs in the Border District of the Primorsky Territory. Here, a smuggler was detained near the border with China, trying to take roots out of Russia. The most valuable plants were transferred to Rosprirodnadzor, whose experts concluded: ginseng can still be saved. To return the roots to the wild, the most appropriate place was chosen - the Land of the Leopard national park in the south-west of the region.

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