A Vitebsk resident faces seven years in prison for possessing a submachine gun

August 17, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. A Vitebsk resident faces seven years in prison for possessing a submachine gun. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Information and Public Relations Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. A Shpagin submachine gun, manufactured in 1941, caliber 7.62 mm, was discovered by police officers in the yard of the house of an unemployed 43-year-old Vitebsk resident. According to expert conclusions, the PPSh is suitable for firing rifled firearms. As the owner explained, he acquired the weapon in 2008 from an unidentified person and in an unidentified place, after which he kept it at his home. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Article 295 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ("Illegal actions in relation to firearms, ammunition and explosives"). The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to seven years with confiscation of property.-0-