Four employees fired in Kalashnikov firewood case
Four people have been sacked from a gun factory in central Russia after 79 Kalashnikov rifles went missing.
The missing guns were unwittingly bought by a local resident. He purchased several wooden boxes from a passing truck as firewood. When he opened them, he came across a stash of AK-47s and magazines.
The purchase was a real bargain, as the 57-year-old paid a modest 500 rubles [about $16] for the boxes. Apart from the Kalashnikov rifles, the boxes were filled with various Kalashnikov accessories and 253 magazines.
The boxes were supposed to have been taken to a recycling plant, but the enterprising truck driver decided to sell them instead.
The driver who reportedly took the boxes for disposal said that he thought they were empty. It is still a mystery though as to how he failed to notice that seven of them were considerably heavier than the others.
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