Ukrainian coppers seize guns, detain 10
2015-07-24
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A total of ten suspected members of organized crime were detained and weapons and explosives were seized in Chernigov in northern Ukraine, according to Russian language news accounts.
According to a news article which appeared in korrespondent.net, members of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), and local prosecutors and police raided a number of apartments and offices on Thursday seizing 18 weapons, eight RPG-22 antitank rocket launchers, 13 hand grenades, ten mines, more than USD $8,000 in cash, and more than a kilogram of explosives.
A total of ten unidentified individuals were detained in connection to the haul.
The weapons and munitions were said to have been smuggled from the Ukrainian war zone into the Chernigov region by organized crime.
Chernigov is one of the oldest cities in eastern Europe, and was one of the original principalities of pre-Russian Empire Russia. It is located about 30 kilometers east of the Pripyat Marshes.
Chris Covert writes about foreign military issues for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com and on Twitter. You can read past articles about the 2014 war in southeastern Ukraina by clicking here.
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