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Bunker full of ammunition found in Chechnya

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Police have found a bunker full of ammunition in the troubled republic of Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus, the local interior ministry said Sunday.

MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - Police have found a bunker full of ammunition in the troubled republic of Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus, the local interior ministry said Sunday.

According to the ministry, the bunker belonged to a militant killed on January 27, 2006 in the village of Karabulak in the neighboring province of Ingushetia.

The bunker was located in the house of the militant's sister living in the village of Assinovskaya in southwestern Chechnya. The police seized two hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, a Kalashnikov machine gun, three Kalashnikov assault rifles and a large amount of ammunition and explosives.

The police have launched measures to find other persons who could be involved in keeping the arms and explosives in the bunker, the ministry said.

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