Over 600 gas masks found by police

12:32 | 18.11.2021 Category: Social

Chisinau, 18 November /MOLDPRES/- Officers of the Complex Investigations Directorate of the National Investigation Inspectorate documented an economic agent from Chisinau who owned and sold gas masks, manufactured during the Soviet Union, in the absence of documents of origin and expired. Law enforcement officers removed 644 masks from this agent.

According to the police, decision-makers of the economic agent kept, used and traded the protective masks contrary to the provisions of the Law on Civil Protection, which prohibits the use of Civil Protection assets, their exchange or sale.

Police officers lifted 644 masks, which, being sold, would have brought an income of over 32 thousand lei. The total amount of damage caused is estimated.

In this case, a misdemeanor case was initiated for "Acquisition, storage, transport and illegal sale of property", and if the guilt is proven, those persons risk fines of up to 20 thousand lei with confiscation of property.

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