In Mariupol, police found a cache of weapons stolen from the National Guard in an abandoned garage
From a garage in the center of Mariupol, criminal investigation officers seized anti-tank missiles, Makarov pistols, cartridges, explosives, and equipment with the symbols of the “Russian Orthodox Army.”
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According to Ukrainian law enforcement officers, the weapon was stolen from a military unit of the National Guard in 2014, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to the communications department of the Donetsk region police.
Thus, employees of the Central Police Department received information that an arsenal of ammunition may be hidden in one of the garage cooperatives.
“Officers who arrived at the scene found a Hyundai car stolen from its interior in 2014 during riots in Mariupol. Inside was a large batch of weapons and ammunition: an anti-tank guided missile, 2 charges from RPG-7 anti-tank grenade launchers, 9 Makarov pistols, 2 Margolin pistols, machine gun belts, more than 1000 rounds of various calibers - for a Kalashnikov assault rifle and large-caliber weapons,” the report says. police.
In addition, it was established that some of the seized weapons were in service with the police and were stored in military unit 3057.
According to the police, the owners of the garage, who had not used it for a long time, were unaware of the hiding place. Currently, criminal investigation officers are taking measures to identify the owner of the cache.
Based on this fact, criminal proceedings have been initiated with preliminary qualification under Part 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives.”
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