GROZNY, March 18 (RIA Novosti) - Several big caches with weapons and ammunition have been discovered in Chechnya, the republic's law enforcement agencies said Saturday.

One cache was found in the Nozhai-Yurt district, about 40 miles southeast of Grozny near the border with Daghestan. It contained 145 grenade launcher rounds, 20 shells, three mortar mines, 137 rounds of various calibers and 1.6kg of TNT.

Two caches were discovered in Grozny, Chechnya's capital. They contained makeshift grenade launchers, artillery shells, metal buckets with bitumen and outstanding wires, plastic explosives and rounds of different calibers.

All pieces of ammunition were taken to a safe place and destroyed.