KIEV. April 26. UNN. Employees of SBU exposed in Odessa an organized group specializing in the smuggling and sale of firearms in our country. About it reports a press-the SBU center, reports UNN.
“Militiamen established that two inhabitants of the regional center organized the illegal transportation from countries of Western Europe and the United States of components for small arms”, – stated in the message.
As noted, commodity dealers received through the services of international postal services. Later in the apartment of one of participants of group the attackers collected the samples of weapons for sale. Customers looking for through specialized forums on the Internet. Staff of SBU documented several cases of illegal supply and distribution of firearms to representatives of criminal circles. During the searches at the place of residence of the defendants in the case, the police seized a large number of rifled firearms and components of foreign production, as well as ammunition of different caliber. Seized samples of firearms submitted for examination.
In the framework of the open by investigators of SBU the criminal proceedings under article 201 of the Criminal code of Ukraine continue the urgent investigative actions. The operation to expose the attackers were conducted jointly with the police under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor’s office.
Also in the city of Podolsk in Odessa region employees of the security Service of Ukraine seized from a local resident guns and ammo. During the authorized searches in the house of the attacker, the police seized the revolver of system the Revolver and the fighting f-1 grenade with a fuse and cartridges of 5.45 caliber and 9 mm. Openly criminal proceedings under part 1 St. 263 Criminal code of Ukraine. Urgent investigative actions to establish the origin of the weapons.
We will remind, security Service of Ukraine and the national police have uncovered a criminal group in Kiev, which is imported to Ukraine the weapon of foreign manufacture.