Grenade found on Ukrainian woman en route to Hungary - SBGS

Grenade found on Ukrainian woman en route to Hungary - SBGS

Kyiv  •  UNN

July 7 2024, 02:48 PM  •  20104 views

A 24-year-old Ukrainian woman traveling to Budapest was detained with a grenade and ammunition in her luggage, which she said was "ordered by her friends," and faces up to 7 years in prison for illegal weapons handling.

A border guard sniffer dog found a grenade on a 24-year-old Ukrainian woman traveling to Budapest "ordered by her friends." This was reported by the State Border Guard Service, UNN reports .

A service dog trained to detect weapons responded to the travel bag of a 24-year-old Ukrainian woman traveling by car to Budapest.

An F-1 grenade and a 5.45 caliber cartridge were found in her luggage. The woman claimed that she was transporting these items abroad at the request of her "friends". However, she now faces criminal liability under the article "Illegal handling of weapons," which provides for up to seven years in prison.

Recall

Ukrainian border guards have been bribed 1125 times since the introduction of martial law in the country . In total, more than 12.6 million hryvnias were offered. Most of the bribes were paid by Ukrainian men to travel abroad.