Vitebsk police summed up the results of the special event "Gunsmith"
On April 15, an interdepartmental coordination meeting on current issues of combating illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition, and explosives was held at the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office. A decision was made to conduct a joint special event “Oruzhienik”. Employees of the Seventh Department (for the Vitebsk Region) of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, jointly with the Department of the KGB for the Vitebsk Region, units of the Criminal Investigation Department, the Internal Affairs Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, territorial Internal Affairs bodies of the region, in close cooperation with the regional prosecutor's office, the Investigative Committee and their territorial departments, carried out measures to seize firearms, explosives, devices, and ammunition from illicit trafficking.
According to available operational information, individuals involved in illegal actions related to firearms, including those engaged in illegal excavations at the sites of battles during the Great Patriotic War, were checked. Following the results of investigative and operational measures, 10 firearms (3 rifled), 7 components of firearms, 2 rifled inserts for hunting shotguns, over 700 rounds of ammunition of various calibers, 250 g of TNT, and over two kilograms of gunpowder were seized from illicit trafficking.
Based on the results of the appointed examinations, the issue of bringing 10 citizens to criminal liability and 4 to administrative liability will be considered.
A total of 30 firearms were seized in the region during the special operation “Gunsmith”. Criminal cases have been initiated against 6 citizens under Art. 295 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, and 71 citizens have been brought to administrative responsibility.
Alexander Kazyuchits, Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee