As noted, information was received that the 32-year-old native of the Brest region, living in the capital, "began to actively ask his friends where to buy a large number of bearings."
“At the same time, he did not hide that he was going to use the balls from them to attack the police.
The man was also buying up pyrotechnics and smoke bombs, ”according to Telegram.
On September 13, as the ministry said, he began to look for "companions for a campaign in an illegal action to attack the riot police."
“Two 21-year-olds responded to the offer.
The accomplices met on the capital's street Serdych, where they were detained, ”the Ministry of Internal Affairs added.
Firecrackers and checkers, balaclavas, filters from gas masks, a knife and a slingshot for shooting balls from bearings were found in the man's car.
Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus said that they detained in Minsk a man who sprayed gas from a canister on police officers during a protest on September 5.