MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Police have found a large cache of weapons hidden in a forest in Russia's troubled North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a local police source said on Sunday.
The arms cache was discovered on Saturday near the village of Chishki in the Grozny district, the source told RIA Novosti.
The cache contained a flame thrower, two grenade launchers, three machine guns and three Kalashnikov assault rifles.
A portion of the arms was destroyed on the spot, as the hideout appeared to be mined, the source 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 and Daghestan.
