The operation of a powerful smuggling channel for firearms in Ukraine was exposed in the Kharkov region by the Security Service of Ukraine, the head of the press center of the Security Council of Ukraine in the Kharkov region Vladislav Abdula.

According to him, the international criminal group involved in the organization of armed contraband included both citizens of Ukraine and citizens of several European countries, as well as persons with dual citizenship.

Attackers illegally imported military pistols of famous foreign manufacturers, masking them under pistols for shooting 4 mm Flaubert cartridges not prohibited for transportation across the state border. In Ukraine, smuggled weapons were sold via the Internet.

Employees of the special services with the assistance of the State Fiscal Service detained two smugglers while trying to smuggle 43 pistols of the brands Glock, Beretta, Colt, Browning, CZ, Astra, Bersa,.

During the searches, about 300 pieces of pistols, machine guns and machine guns of foreign and domestic production, accessories for firearms, tools for its alteration, bank cards were seized at the places of residence of the defendants and in the storerooms of the attackers.. The suitability of seized weapons for firing live ammunition will be determined by expert studies.

Criminal proceedings on criminal proceedings were opened. 201 (smuggling of firearms) and art.. 263 (illegal use of firearms) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Immediate investigative actions continue.