According to the ministry, the Zhiguli was found between settlements Alleroi and Gansolchu in the republic's eastern district neighboring on Dagestan. It contained a Kalashnikov and 100 7.62-mm rounds.
"Nearby the police have found bodies of five camouflaged men with gunshot wounds. They are being identified," the ministry's representative said.
On May 1st unknown individuals attacked a checkpoint guarded by the servicemen of President Akhmad Kadyrov's security service, he recalled.
"The fire took place on Saturday in the Kurchaloevsky district near Alleroi," the source said. "Policeman Magomadov was wounded in the fire. The retaliatory fire killed one of the attackers, named Iskhanov, we are now checking all information about him," he said. The police found a Kalashnikov on the scene of the incident.
Meanwhile two caches with mortar mines have been destroyed in Chechnya in the last 24 hours.
Yesterday, checking the information received from local residents, the police found a cache at the entrance to the village of Mesker Yurt, the Shali district, the regional headquarters for supervising the North Caucasus anti-terrorism operation reported.
"The cache contained six MON-90 mines. They were taken out in the field and destroyed in compliance with all necessary security measures," the headquarters' spokesman said.
Besides, mortar mines were found during investigative work in the mountainous and forest terrain near the village of Dargo, the Vedensky district. They were laying in a mountain split covered by tree branches.
The cache contained 11 82-mm mines, the headquarters reported. They were destroyed.
