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Local bear
poachers
State and federal law enforcement officers involved in last week’s raid on bear poachers in the region of the Shenandoah National Park are still collecting evidence and watching for more criminal activity to happen, according to Department of Game and Inland Fisheries spokesman Julie Dixon Smith.
The operation, known officially as SOUP (Special Operation to Uncover Poaching), was conducted by about 110 state and federal officers assigned to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the National Park Service, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The raid, conducted Jan. 18, was aimed at persons involved in the poaching of bears and the illegal trade in bear parts. It resulted in about three dozen arrests, with defendants charged with over 150 violations of state wildlife regulations.
Additional federal charges are “very likely,” according to Smith, and would probably be placed against those still under investigation — as well as new defendants — within the next two months.
“The investigation is ongoing,” Smith continued. “There will more search warrants issued and charges placed. Last week’s activity was meant to further the investigation, and it has done that.”
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