ALMA-ATA, Jan 16 National Security Committee of Kazakhstan ( KNB) together with the internal security department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs liquidated the channel for the resale of decommissioned and subject to destruction weapons, the press service of the committee reported.
According to the KNB press release released on Monday, the criminal group included current and former law enforcement officers, as well as their accomplices, who were engaged in the secondary circulation of weapons and ammunition.
«The criminal scheme consisted of the fictitious destruction of decommissioned firearms, ammunition and explosive devices with subsequent sale,» the press release says.
In the process of arrests and searches, 347 weapons, 13 grenades and 7,387 ammunition were confiscated. In addition, an underground weapons modification workshop, organized by a former police officer, was liquidated.
«In the process of further operational development of the KNB, the entire client network of arms dealers, consisting of representatives of criminals, destructive religious movements and former law enforcement officers, was revealed,» the committee's press service reported.
By the decision of the Almalinsky District Court of Alma-Ata, the perpetrators were sentenced to various terms of punishment — from two to five years in prison.
For negligent attitude to their official duties and weakening control over personnel, a number of heads of law enforcement agencies were dismissed from service for negative reasons.