About 300 units of weapons were surrendered by residents of the Vitebsk region during the "Arsenal" operation
May 5, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. About 300 units of weapons were surrendered in April by residents of the Vitebsk region during the "Arsenal" operation. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Sergey Galynya, senior inspector of the permit work group of the public security and prevention department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.
During the "Arsenal" operation, announced on April 12, as of May 3, residents of the region voluntarily surrendered 90 units of registered weapons, 207 unregistered weapons, 12.4 thousand rounds of ammunition, 1.1 thousand explosive devices, and 6.5 kg of explosives. The largest seizures of ammunition were recorded in Vitebsk, Orsha, Sennensky and Vitebsky districts. Law enforcement officers seized 87 units of registered weapons, 111 unregistered weapons, 6.3 thousand rounds of ammunition, 139 explosive devices, and 9.3 kg of explosives during the reporting period.
34 people were brought to criminal liability for illegal actions related to weapons and ammunition, and 103 residents of the region were brought to administrative liability. -0-