Having received through the precinct operational information, Vinnytsia police conducted a search on February 9 in the household of a 63-year-old resident of the Oratov district. In the back rooms they found not only a huge arsenal of weapons, but also children's drawings that send schoolchildren to the ATU zone, as well as gifts to the soldiers on the front line.
According to unofficial information, it was possible to reach an illegal "storage" of ammunition and explosives thanks to the case. He was told about the district inspector, and the law-enforcement officer reported on the collected information to the leadership. Based on this, the court ordered the search. However, at the time of filing the petition, the police did not even anticipate the extent of what they.
As reported in the communications department of the State Administration of Propaganda in Vinnytsia region, in the attic of the house and in the sheds, law enforcers found 6 jet anti-tank grenade launchers, 10 grenades, 27 fuses for grenades, almost 2,000 cartridges of 7.62 and 9 mm caliber, 2 pistols of foreign manufacture and parts for RPG, as well as military equipment and drugs. In addition, the police found packages with trotyl.
The search began in the morning, and ended well after midnight. Note that a small village, where found this arsenal is located far from the roads and not far from the Kiev region. There even mobile communication catches only in a few places on the dais. Apparently, this was the calculation of the potential owner of the arsenal.
On the same day, the police detained a 35-year-old serviceman who allegedly formed this warehouse in his mother's house. In his foreign car, law enforcement officers found a Makarov pistol with a full magazine and a RGD grenade.
On this fact, the investigative department of the Orata Division of the police opened criminal proceedings on part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (carrying, possession, acquisition, transfer or sale of firearms, ammunition and explosives without the permission provided by law), which provides up to 7 years of imprisonment. The man was detained, he was placed in a temporary detention center. The investigation is trying to find out the origin of the arsenal.
As explained "REAL" in the military prosecutor's office of the Vinnitsa garrison, the detainee previously served in the ATU. Now the senior lieutenant is serving under a contract in one of the military units of the Vinnitsa region. With the investigation, he does not cooperate. Presumably the whole arsenal of the man was transported from the military unit located in Donbass. As for what happened, the serviceman is still refusing to tell.