Prosecutors of the Frankiv District Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Lviv completed the pre-trial investigation and sent an indictment to the court against a 43-year-old resident of one of the villages of the Lviv district on the fact of illegal handling of weapons and ammunition (Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that the accused had illegally purchased and stored grenades, firearms and cartridges for them at his home.
During searches of the suspect’s residence, 12 grenades, 3 firearms and about 50 ammunition of various calibers were discovered and seized.
The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings was carried out by the investigators of the State Police Department No. 2 of the Lviv District Police Department No. 2 of the GU NP in the Lviv region under the operational support of the Criminal Investigation Department of the GU NP in the Lviv region.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.
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