Jul 03, 2020 06:00:00

A secret factory that was illegally exporting to the former Soviet countries by helicopter manufacturing was caught

On June 30, 2020 (Tuesday), the state police and prosecution of

Moldova , one of the former Soviet Union countries, caught a factory that illegally manufactured helicopters and trafficked to the former Soviet Union countries, and the relationship of the factory Announced that he had been arrested.

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The secret factory was discovered about 30 km northeast of the capital city of Moldova, Chisinau , on the banks of the Dniester river that forms the border between Ukraine and Moldova.

Inside the hangar of a secret factory

Machines and tools used in secret factories

Part of a helicopter placed outside the factory

This factory used to manufacture the helicopter

Kamov-Ka-26, which was developed in the Soviet Union. However, the factory did not have a formal manufacturing license and is believed to have made illegal copies of Ka-26 and illegally exporting them to neighboring CIS countries.

An investigation by the National Police also found that most of the people who worked at the factory were residents of the Trans-Dniestor district between Ukraine and Moldova. Trans-Denis Est Le district of the community ' Transnistria and calls himself an independent nation that', but to the international not been approved as a sovereign state, has become a de facto independent state from the fact that Moldova of effective governance is not inferior .. Therefore, because of the politically complex area, a special investigation was conducted by the Moldova National Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office, which led to the detection.

In addition, people involved in the arrested secret factory will be criminally accused of 'preparing for air confidential transportation by two or more people'. If you comply with Moldova's law, you will be sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison.