During the ten-day nationwide operation "Weapons-Explosives," Volyn law enforcement officers seized 4 grenades, 4 sawed-off shotguns, 2 carbines, 3 rifles, 4 homemade explosive devices, and 425 cartridges of various calibers. Currently, 18 criminal cases have been opened on these facts. 136 units of weapons were seized from hunters for violating the rules of their storage and use. There are also those who voluntarily surrender weapons. Law-abiding citizens handed over 2 rifles, 1 pistol, and 129 cartridges. This was reported to the Western Information Corporation on November 24 by the Central Public Relations Service of the UMVS of Ukraine in the Volyn region.
Most of these weapons were seized by militia officers in the Kovel and Horokhiv districts and in Novovolynsk. From November 17 to 21 of this year alone, 15 such cases were recorded.