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| Militant detained, weapons cache found in Chechnya |
| 2007-08-21 |
| (Interfax) - A suspected militant, a resident of the village of Komsomolskoye, has been arrested in Chechnya's Gudermes, a source in Chechen law enforcement services told Interfax by phone on Sunday. An improvised grenade was seized from the suspect, he said. In other developments, two large barrels, filled with weapons and ammunition, were discovered in a wooded area on the limits of the village of Komsomolskoye. The cache is believed to have belonged to a criminal armed group led by Bantayev. Three mortar mines, six grenades, 504 cartridges, 300 grams of explosives, 20 improvised detonators and four electrical detonators, a plastic bottle filled with aluminum powder and a Kenwood radio unit were discovered in the barrel, the source said. |
| Posted by:Fred |