Mosin's rifle and ammunition were seized from a man in the south of Moscow

Police officers, along with employees of the FSB of Russia, seized a Mosin rifle and ammunition from a man in the Biryulyovo Vostochnoye area. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow on Wednesday, March 26.

Employees of the criminal investigation Department of the Southern District of the capital, together with colleagues from the Federal Security Service of Russia in the capital and the Moscow region, with the participation of operatives of the GUUR of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Criminal investigation Department of the Moscow Headquarters, detained a 57-year-old local resident suspected of illegal possession of weapons and ammunition.

"When examining his place of residence, police officers found and seized a 7.62 mm Mosin rifle without a bolt, two bolts and bolt fragments, as well as eight 7.62 x 54 mm cartridges," the press service told the Moscow City News agency.

A criminal case was opened on this fact under Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of weapons, their main parts, ammunition"). A measure of coercion has been chosen for the person involved in the form of an obligation to appear.

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It was established that in December 2024, the defendant, drinking alcohol, quarreled with his roommate. During the conflict, he began to intimidate the woman by showing firearms. In addition, industrial explosives and homemade cartridges were found in the man's possession.

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