NALCHIK, October 25 (RIA Novosti) - Police found an arms cache in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the republican interior ministry reported on Sunday.

The police found the weapons cache in a militants' dugout in a forest near the village of Kremenchug-Konstantinovskoye in the Baksan district in northern Kabardino-Balkaria on Saturday, the interior ministry said.

The dugout, which was intended for a stay of up to ten militants for a long period, contained two home-made explosive devices with a power of over 6 kilograms in TNT equivalent, the interior ministry said.

The police also found four detonating fuses, dishes, construction tools, two household gas canisters, religious literature and weapons handling instructions, the interior ministry said.

The dugout was destroyed by the police, the interior ministry said.

Militant attacks and clashes remain common in Russia's North Caucasus although the Kremlin campaign to fight separatists and terrorists in Chechnya has officially ended. Violence often spills over into nearby republics, in particular Ingushetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria.