Chinanews.com Bayannaoer, October 9th (Reporter Zhang Linhu) On the 9th, the reporter learned from the People’s Court of Dengkou County, Bayannaoer City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that nine local people committed environmental pollution crimes for manufacturing and selling 300 tons of finished lead ingots. He was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 3 years and 5 months to 10 months.
The court found that between July 2018 and August 2018, nine defendants, including Jia, Cao, and Zhao, were sent from Wuzhong City in Ningxia and Baotou City in Inner Mongolia without applying for a hazardous waste business license. , Xinjiang and other places purchased and recycled used batteries, refined the recycled used batteries and lead plates into lead ingots, and sold more than 300 tons of finished lead ingots to a non-ferrous metal smelting company in Hebei through intermediate suppliers.
In August 2018, after receiving reports from the public, the Dengkou County Environmental Protection Bureau and the Dengkou County Public Security Bureau discovered illegal and criminal activities by Jia and others during the joint law enforcement process, and seized 4 lead ingots and unloaded waste batteries on the spot. More than 30 tons, more than 20 tons of undisassembled used batteries.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of Dengkou County immediately conducted on-site inspections and ordered relevant personnel to stop the illegal acts immediately, and issued a decision to order the correction of the illegal acts.
The Dengkou County Environmental Protection Bureau proved that the crime scene of Jia and others did not meet the requirements for dismantling hazardous waste, and they had not applied for a hazardous waste business license with the environmental protection department. Waste lead storage batteries, waste lead plates and waste lead pastes from dismantling are classified as hazardous wastes in the "National Directory of Hazardous Wastes."
The court held that Jia XX and others violated national regulations by disposing of more than 300 tons of hazardous waste, with particularly serious consequences, and their actions have constituted environmental pollution crimes.
Wu knew that Zhao did not have a hazardous waste business license, but he still provided Zhao with hazardous waste and was punished as a joint crime, and he was responsible for some of the crimes he actually participated in.
After the incident, some defendants truthfully confessed their crimes, and they surrendered themselves. They can be given a lighter or mitigated punishment in accordance with the law.
In the end, 9 people including the defendant Jia Mou were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 3 years and 5 months to 10 months, fined and confiscated illegal gains.
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