Militiamen stopped the car "KIA Sportage" under control of a 47-year-old resident of the city of Bakhmut and found unregistered weapons in the cabin, the press service of the Kharkiv region reports.

During the preliminary inspection, police officers discovered that the stationary partition in the barrel channel was removed from the pistol in an artisanal manner, and the store was also equipped with rubber bullets..

Material evidence seized and sent for expert research.

Investigators of the Izyumsky police department opened criminal proceedings against. 1 st. 263 (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

A man faces up to 7 years in prison.