In Busk, law enforcement officers detained a 53-year-old local resident, in whose possession, during searches, they discovered items resembling an F-1 grenade and a smoke bomb. A criminal case has been opened in connection with this, and a pre-trial investigation is under way.
As established by investigators and officers of the criminal police of the Zolochiv District Police Department, with tactical support from special forces of the special-purpose police battalion of the Lviv Region Police, on 22 October, during a court-authorised search at the man’s place of residence, an item resembling a smoke bomb was discovered. During an urgent search of his motorcycle, law enforcement officers found an item resembling an F-1 grenade.
Explosive ordnance experts of the Lviv Region Police worked at the scene. The discovered ammunition was seized and sent for expert examination, and the man was detained under the provisions of Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Investigators of the territorial police unit, under the procedural guidance of the Zolochiv District Prosecutor’s Office, opened criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives). The sanction of the article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of three to seven years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, the issue of serving the detainee with a notice of suspicion is being decided, and law enforcement officers are establishing the origin of the ammunition. The information was provided by the National Police of Ukraine and the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.