In Lutsk, 9 people with general hypothermia and frostbite were admitted to the Burn Center. As reported in the Medical Statistics of the Lutsk "ambulance" station, during the period from January 19 to 21, "ambulance" doctors twice delivered frostbite victims to Lutsk City Clinical Hospital No. 2.

In 2005, JSC "Volynoblenergo" suffered losses of one million 250 thousand hryvnias due to electricity theft by household consumers. In total, over 12 months, inspectors discovered almost two thousand cases of unmetered use of electricity.

Volyn law enforcement officers caught another drug courier red-handed. A 33-year-old resident of the village of Ladyn in the Lyuboml district was engaged in the production and sale of poppy straw. Law enforcement officers detained the woman during an undercover purchase of poppy straw.

A Lutsk resident brought a "Neoplan" from Germany, registered as a "Ford" with "Mercedes" license plates. Now the fraudster will have to communicate with SBU investigators.

According to the latest figures, 345 people died as a result of a crush that arose on Thursday among Muslim pilgrims in Mecca. This was reported by the Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia, Hamad bin Abdullah al-Mani. \n \nAccording to him, 289 people were injured.

Another outbreak of bird flu has been detected in Crimea. \n \nAs reported by the head of the Emergency Commission under the Council of Ministers of Crimea, Mykola Kolisnichenko, the disease was detected in the village of Soniachne in the Simferopol district.

The scandal surrounding the privatization of part of the premises of the communal enterprise "Lutsk Children's Music School No. 1" flared up with renewed force on December 23.

A resident of Lutsk who is engaged in entrepreneurial activity turned to the internal affairs bodies. The woman said that the head of one of the departments of the Lutsk city executive committee is demanding a bribe for issuing a permit for a minibus transportation route.