On Sunday, May 5, during operation "Sirena", that was announced after the murder of the police officer Anton Pavlenko, two inhabitants of Cherkasy region with the weapon were detained in the Kyiv region.
This was reported by the Department of communication of Regional Police.
In particular, at 22:00 response group of patrol police stopped the car VAZ-2104 in the settlement of Baryshivka.
The driver was a 36-year-old resident of the city of Cherkassy, who drove a car without proper documents. Also a 33-year-old passenger, resident of the city of Cherkassy, was present in the car.
When carrying out an emergency search in the car, police officers found two Makarov pistols with silencers, a pistol and ammunition.
During investigative activities the driver started resisting to the police officers.
Now police officers check the above-mentioned residents of the city of Cherkasy concerning participation in commission of crimes with use of the weapon. It was established that both men already had problems with the law. One of them was serving a sentence for robbery, the other - for illegal drug possession.
Criminal proceedings under part 1 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine were initiated on the basis of these facts.
Also during "Sirena" operation police officers stopped the car "Chery" nearby Kyiv and found in it 11 packages of the substance similar to amphetamine, metal brass knuckles and the gun. All found items were withdrawn.
To recap, according to "Apostrophe", on the night of May 5 in the settlement of Baryshivka nearby Kyiv near one of local restaurants the Deputy Chief of local Police Department, Major Anton Pavlenko was killed.