{"id":119891,"date":"2024-12-27T13:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/119891\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-customs-officers-seize-1200-ammunition-pieces-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/119891\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus customs officers seize 1,200 ammunition pieces in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Kasper Gant \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian customs officers seized six firearms, 363 cartridges and 797 ammunition parts in 2024, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors filed 16 criminal cases over illegal actions with firearms and ammunition, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the cases reportedly involved a Russian national who tried to smuggle an automatic AKS-74U rifle with two magazines, a Reck pistol, a silencer and 5.45 mm caliber cartridges via Belarus into the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, the man was also accused of drug trafficking and given 18.5 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/patrony-gtk-1128-6-08-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/patrony-gtk-1128-6-08-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/patrony-gtk-1128-6-08-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/patrony-gtk-1128-6-08-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/patrony-gtk-1128-6-08-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/patrony-gtk-1128-6-08.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Viciebsk customs officers arrest Russian with rifle cartridges<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 6, Pozirk. Viciebsk customs officers have arrested a Russian national after finding 39 cartridges in his car, the State Customs Committee reported. The man and his wife claimed not to have any goods to declare when they were crossing &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/99335\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 27, Pozirk. Belarusian customs officers seized six firearms, 363 cartridges and 797 ammunition parts in 2024, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office reports. Prosecutors filed 16 criminal cases over illegal actions with firearms and ammunition, it noted. 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