Dagestan resident detained for converting civilian weapon into combat weapon

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Security officials discovered a workshop for converting civilian weapons into combat weapons in the house of a resident of the village of Sanchi, the man was detained.

A resident of the Kaytag district of Dagestan was detained for converting civilian weapons into combat weapons.

According to the investigation, during the operational and preventive operation "Weapons", which was carried out by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Security Service and the criminal investigation department, a workshop was discovered in the house of a 63-year-old villager, Dagestanskaya Pravda wrote on August 24.

Security officials found a homemade pistol, spare parts for weapons, 50 cartridges, various tools. The man was taken to the department.

Earlier, "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that in July last year in Dagestan, three men were detained who converted a blank-firing pistol to fire live ammunition and sold it. During a search of their car, two more such pistols were found.

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