More than a hundred units of weapons were seized and removed from illegal circulation in the Vitebsk region within a week

March 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. More than a hundred units of weapons have been seized and removed from circulation in the Vitebsk region in a week, the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. In total, from March 26 to the morning of March 30, police officers of the region removed 63 units of unregistered weapons from illegal circulation, seized 521 rounds of ammunition and 860 g of explosives. During the reporting period, citizens voluntarily surrendered 43 units of registered weapons, 1.3 kg of explosives, 2.2 thousand rounds of ammunition and 128 explosive devices (most often mines, grenades, shells from the Great Patriotic War period) to law enforcement agencies. 81 firearms were seized from legal owners for various offenses. 70 residents of the region have been brought to justice for illegal actions related to weapons, ammunition and explosives, including 62 people for administrative offenses. 8 criminal cases have been registered under Article 295 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ("Illegal actions in relation to firearms, ammunition and explosives"). Seizures of weapons and ammunition were recorded in every region of the oblast, but this time they were most often found in the Beshenkovichi, Polotsk, Gorodok, Verkhnedvinsk districts, Vitebsk, Orsha and Novopolotsk, the Internal Affairs Directorate added. The goal of the republican operational and preventive special comprehensive event "Arsenal" is to counter the illegal trafficking of weapons, ammunition, explosive devices and explosives. The campaign concludes today. -0-