Russian security forces conduct searches of Mejlis members in Crimea
On Monday morning, in Sudak and the surrounding area, Russian security forces are conducting searches in the homes of representatives of the Majlis, which is banned in the Russian Federation for extremism.
As Lenora Dulber reports on the social network, at 7:30 a search began at the head of the Sudak branch of the Majlis, Ilver Ametov.
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“The FSB carried out an investigation, there were about 10 people in total, several of them were masked with weapons, the reason was an anonymous letter stating that weapons and drugs were allegedly being sold, the search ended, the son of Ilver Agya Amet was taken to Simferopol. This is all the information for now,” Dulber wrote.
“The search was carried out in connection with the fight against illegal trafficking in weapons and drugs,” confirmed deputy chairman of the Mejlis Nariman Dzhelyalov.
Dulber, citing data from residents of the Morskoye village located near Sudak, reports that “the quarter where Crimean Tatars live compactly is cordoned off by three buses of armed people.”
Russian security forces are conducting searches at Mejlis members' residences in Crimea.