The SSU exposed a police patrol officer of the Kyiv Special Forces Regiment and his accomplice on illicit trafficking of weapons and ammunition from the JFO area.

Serving in the JFO area, the National Police officer and his accomplice illegally traded in firearms, ammunition and explosives to criminals throughout Ukraine.

The perpetrators kept firearms in garages in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, where the law enforcement officers detained both of them after another episode of selling weapons.

The searches led to seizures of:

• 61 grenades;
• 4 mines;
• 13 kg of explosives;
• 30 detonators;
• 38 hand flares and smoke grenades/mines;
• over 10,600 rounds of ammunition;
• submachine guns, carbines.

The perpetrators have been notified of suspicion of illegal handling of weapons. The pre-trial investigation is underway.

The SSU Department of National Statehood Protection carried out the operation in partnership with the State Bureau of Investigations under the supervision of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.