Large cache of weapons and ammunition discovered in Ingushetia

The cache found by security forces on the outskirts of Arshty in Ingushetia belonged to a former militant leader killed in Chechnya.

As reported by "Kavkazsky Uzel", on August 21, on the right bank of the Assa River in Ingushetia, a cache with live ammunition was found, which belonged to a militant killed in Chechnya. The cache was set up in the ground near a brick factory in the village of Nesterovskoye.

The cache was discovered in a forest on the outskirts of the rural settlement of Arshty in the Sunzhensky District. Presumably, the arsenal "belonged to the leader of an illegal armed group that was liquidated in October 2020 near the village of Assinovskaya in the Chechen Republic," the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs' press service reported on its Telegram channel.

"In the pit, at a depth of approximately 80 centimeters, were: two grenade launchers (RPG-18 Mukha and RPG-22 Netto), an RPO Shmel flamethrower, three mines (two TM-62 and one TM-57), two fuses, a PSM pistol with a threaded barrel, a grenade with an RGD-5 fuse, a barrel from an SKS rifle, a zinc case with 12.7 mm cartridges and 39 individual cartridges of the same caliber," the department's press service reported.

A criminal case has been opened on the discovery of the cache in accordance with Part 1 of Article 2221 and part 1 of article 222.12 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The pistol and the rifle barrel were sent for examination. The remaining explosive objects were eliminated on the spot by explosive experts.