Man detained for smuggling weapons from U.S. to Russia via Kyrgyzstan
Security services suppressed a stable channel for smuggling weapons from the United States via Kyrgyzstan to Russia. The press center of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) reported.
A citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic and other persons in the United States purchased firearms in online stores of manufacturers, which were sent to the Kyrgyz Republic in secret places under the guise of various video equipment by mail. Here, ready-to-use firearms were assembled from parts of the weapons and sent to Russia for further illegal sale.