Law enforcement officials registered 4,840 facts of illegal possession of weapons, ammunition and explosives and 695 facts of sale of weapons.
In 2023, the National Police seized more than 5,000 firearms and 1.8 million bullets and cartridges. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported this today, January 15.
Among the seized items were mentioned:
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1567 machines;
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997 pistols and revolvers;
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921 grenade launchers;
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1683 units of redesigned weapons.
Law enforcement officials registered 4,840 facts of illegal possession of weapons, ammunition and explosives and 695 facts of sale of weapons. In addition, the police, together with the SBU, take measures to prevent sabotage. Among the high-profile special operations was the arrest of a saboteur who blew up two gas stations and a railway in the Kharkov region, as well as the neutralization of caches of weapons for criminals, “said the press service in a statement.
We remind you that in the Dnieper district of Kyiv a grenade exploded in a house, resulting in the death of two people. And in the Kyiv region, a 51-year-old man threatened to detonate a grenade in a house. But he was persuaded to voluntarily hand over the bullets to the specialists.
Source: korrespondent
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