Almost 2 magazines of Kalashnikov assault rifle cartridges had to be "fired" by border guards of the "Samara" outpost of the Lutsk detachment to stop a "ZIL" vehicle that illegally crossed the State Border of Ukraine, the Western Information Corporation was told at the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.\n\nBorder guards noticed a truck without license plates. The vehicle was driving from the side of the Belarusian village of Novi Birky toward the Ukrainian settlement of Mlynove. After the violator crossed the state border, border guards ordered the driver to stop with gestures, but the ZIL continued moving. To detain the fugitives, the border guards first fired into the air, and when that did not help, at the wheels. 59 bullets flew toward the violators; the shooting frightened the driver and passenger, who drove a few hundred more meters, jumped out of the cab and ran away. When the patrol approached the vehicle, it turned out that 6 wheels had been shot through. In the truck bed, law enforcement officers found 4 tons of sugar. After some time, border guards also found the fugitives.\n\nThe further fate of the smugglers, their cargo and transport will now be decided by customs officers.