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| FSB uncovers 27 underground weapons workshops and seizes 250 kg of explosives |
| 2025-09-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Law enforcement officials shut down 27 underground weapons workshops and seized 200 firearms and 250 kg of explosives. This was reported by the FSB Public Relations Center ( PRC ). "The activities of 27 underground workshops modernizing weapons and manufacturing ammunition have been stopped," the statement said. FSB, Ministry of Internal Affairs, and National Guard officers identified 43 individuals involved in illegal activities, residing in 32 regions. They are involved in the illegal trafficking of weapons and ammunition, the refurbishment of civilian weapons, and their distribution, the agency explained. Operational search activities and investigative actions were carried out in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, the DPR and LPR, Altai, Crimea, North Ossetia, Khakassia and Transbaikalia, in the Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorsky and Stavropol territories, in the Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Jewish Autonomous, Irkutsk, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov, Rostov, Tomsk and Kherson regions. As a result, law enforcement officers seized 200 firearms manufactured in Russia and abroad from illegal circulation. These included nine machine guns, 75 assault rifles, 10 submachine guns, 71 pistols and revolvers, 35 rifles, carbines, and shotguns, and 17 grenade launchers. In addition, 356 anti-tank, anti-personnel, and mortar mines, seven artillery shells, over 1,500 and 120,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibers, and over 250 kg of TNT and gunpowder were seized. |
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