Interior Ministry: Arsenal starts in Belarus on October 19

From 19 to 23 October, Belarus will host the main stage of the operational and preventive special integrated event Arsenal. The large-scale action is aimed at preventing violations of legislation in the field of arms trafficking. This was reported in the interior Ministry, writes sb.by.

Police officers will check the conditions of storage of registered pistols, rifles, and remind about security measures when handling them. Particular attention will be paid to the identification of illegal weapons, ammunition, explosive devices and explosives, explaining to the population the procedure for their voluntary surrender, said Dmitry Yazepchik, Head of the Prevention Department of the SUOPP Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Since the beginning of this year, more than 370 units of unregistered weapons and about 51,000 ammunition of various calibers have been withdrawn from circulation. More than 330 units and about 68 thousand, respectively, were voluntarily delivered.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reminds: persons who voluntarily handed over any illegally stored weapons and ammunition to the internal affairs bodies are completely exempt from criminal and administrative liability. In the Minsk region seized more than 600 rounds of ammunition and unregistered weapons