Luhansk region: SBU uncovers weapons cache

SBU officers found the illegal storage of weapons and ammo in Luhansk region.

The law enforcement officers seized 94 artillery shells, RPG-18 hand anti-tank rocket, five RGD-5 grenades and nearly 2500 rounds of different caliber from the cache, arranged near the contact line on the outskirts of Trokhizbenka. Also six TM-62 anti-tank mines with a weight of 42 kg of trotyl were detected in the cache. 

These ammo were defused on the site because of the danger of detonation. Currently, the persons involved in the arrangement of the place of destruction means illegal storage are being identified. The issue of initiating a criminal proceeding under Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is being settled. Measures to detect and disarm the arsenal were conducted with the State Emergency Service pyrotechnic units.