Police uncover huge underground arms cache in Russia's Dagestan
Moscow | Sunday, Jan 16 2011 IST
Police uncovered a huge underground arms cache in the west of Russia's volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a spokesman for the Republic's Interior Ministry said today.
The arms cache was discovered late yesterday in the village of Yaryk-su of the Novolaksky district near a local cemetery. The hideout contained Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenades and a large amount of cartridges, the spokesman told RIA Novosti.
According to preliminary information, the hideout belonged to the militants who had been killed by police in May 2010 in a special security sweep, the spokesman said.
Attacks on police and officials are frequent in Russia's volatile North Caucasus republics, including Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia as the federal authorities have been clamping down on militant groups while stepping up efforts to boost the local economies.
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