This is reported by the press center of the department.

Thus, the operatives of the Odessa division crossed one of the group members who tried to sell the Kalashnikov assault rifle with cartridges.

"During the simultaneous searches at the place of residence of malefactors in Odessa, Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi, law enforcers discovered a large arsenal of weapons and ammunition stolen from military arsenals," the statement said..

At the same time, law enforcers confiscated the Kalashnikov assault rifle, three Mosin rifles, two RPG-18 grenade launchers, the RAK automatic pistol, the MMG VM rifle, the 32 mm rifle, two Makarov pistols and the TT gun, the Fort- 12 M "with a silencer, as well as a submachine gun of the RM-63 JAC.

In addition, the traders kept ten grenades for the VOG-25 grenade launcher, RGD-5 grenade and two RGO, several TNT grenades, four signal mines, nearly 5,000 rounds of various calibres and the like.

At present, according to this fact, criminal proceedings have been opened, and also operative-investigative actions.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform, in the Vasilkovsky district of the Kiev region, the police found a cache of weapons and ammunition.