Four containers of ammunition intended for Bulgaria stolen in Romania

Four containers with fuses for missiles were stolen from a train transporting arms from the Romanian town of Brasov to Bulgaria, the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) announced today, citing Romanian media.

A total of 64 fuses for military missiles disappeared from a train, guarded by Romanian gendarmes. The absence was established on Saturday afternoon at the customs in Giurgiu where the train was checked before leaving Romania. The composition was guarded by 10 armed gendarmes.

“The Military Prosecutor’s Office in Bucharest was approached on Saturday by the gendarmerie in Giurgiu after railwaymen found broken seals and an open door of a wagon of the train carrying the military items,” read the message of the Prosecutor’s Office. According to a spokesman of the Romanian Gendarmerie, the stolen items are not dangerous but they could become dangerous if mounted. Romania’s Gendarmerie set up a Committee of Inquiry because the escort of the consignment coming from a military factory in the region of Brasov was entrusted to gendarmes.

“It is not yet clear whom the consignment was intended for,” the press office of the Defence Ministry commented for Klassa daily. According to the Ministry’s information, the consignment was most likely intended for a private company. The Army stated it has nothing to do with the escort of the train.

According to information of Klassa, if the consignee is a private company indeed, the case will be outside the jurisdiction of the Defence Ministry since the regime of trade in arms is under the surveillance of the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism.

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