A man was detained in the Odessa region for false information about the mining of an evacuation train/od.vgorode.ua

< strong _ngcontent-sc83="">In the Odessa region, law enforcement officers detained a 52-year-old resident of the Kuyalnytsky OTO, who provided a false report about the mining of a passenger evacuation train.

This information was reported on the website of the National Police of the Odessa region . The security services conducted a thorough inspection of the cars of the evacuation train, but did not find any explosive devices.

Police officers of the Odessa region identified the pseudo-miner within a few hours. The man was at work in Odessa, was in a state of intoxication and explained his illegal actions by a negative attitude towards law enforcement agencies.

According to the head of the Podolsky district police department Vitaly Melnichenko, the man, by his actions, disrupted the normal rhythm of the functioning of a strategically important enterprise in during martial law, which could cause false rumors and panic among the population.

“Under the procedural leadership of the Podolsk district prosecutor's office, police investigators informed him of a suspicion under Part 1 of Article 259 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Now law enforcement officers are busy with the election for knowingly falsely reporting a threat to the safety of citizens, destruction or damage to an object of property a man faces 2 to 6 years in prison,” he added.