Facts of illegal storage of ammunition and weapons were discovered in the museums of 11 schools in the Vitebsk region

June 16, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. More than 100 rounds of ammunition and 6 firearms have been seized by employees of the KGB Directorate for the Vitebsk Region and the Ministry of Internal Affairs' licensing system, together with the sapper-pyrotechnic group of a military unit, from military glory museums of educational institutions in the region, the KGB Directorate's press group informed a BELTA correspondent. The KGB Directorate carried out measures to prevent illegal arms trafficking, including inspections of museum exhibits in educational and cultural institutions. Facts of illegal storage of explosive items and combat-ready firearms were discovered in the museums of 11 schools. The museums were created on the initiative of school activists, and the exhibits were replenished with weapons and ammunition from the Great Patriotic War period by local residents and schoolchildren, which is why sometimes live ammunition and firearms capable of firing were put on public display. The exhibits were placed without proper accounting, expertise, and prior conclusion from specialists permitting their storage and display. Machine gun MG-34, mortar, more than 30 artillery shells and mines, cartridges of various calibers, fuses and primers, F-1 and RG-2 grenades from the Great Patriotic War period were seized from the exhibits. As specialists noted, items that have been in the ground for several decades may seem safe at first glance, but in reality, they pose a deadly threat. Currently, some of the explosive exhibits have been destroyed, while others have been rendered inoperable and are ready for display. -0-