A Romanian from Mureș County was caught by the police because he had weapons from the Second World War. Despite the explanations he gave, the man was detained for 24 hours.
What weapons were found in the Romanian’s home
According to the police officers of the Weapons, Explosives and Dangerous Substances Service, the man, who lives in Brâncovenesti commune in Mureș county, had a carbine, a pistol and dozens of cartridges.
The police stated that the 53-year-old man did not have the declared lethal weapon of military origin, nor the 9-millimeter pistol.
What the man told the authorities
The Romanian told the police that he found the weapons by chance, but that according to the law, these types of weapons can only be owned by registered collectors and must be kept under special conditions.
Therefore, despite his explanations, the man was detained for 24 hours for non-compliance with the arms and ammunition regime.
In 2019, a working shell was found in a closet in an apartment in the Capital, so the residents of two apartment buildings were evacuated. The authorities were alerted by a man who found the dangerous object in his grandmother’s home.
At that time, some of the pensioner’s neighbors said that the woman had a son who worked for a long time in the Army, he being the one who brought the projectile to his mother’s apartment, for reasons unknown and difficult to understand.
Other sources said that the shell was actually given to the pensioner by her husband and that not knowing what the object represented, the woman decided to store it in a cupboard.
More recently, in April of this year, a grenade that could come from the Second World War was discovered in the garden of a local from Coteana commune, Olt county. The man was working in the garden when he discovered the grenade.
