A search at the garage owned by one of the suspects yielded a variety of deadly artifacts, including two anti-tank rifles, 21 Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifles, a machine gun, two assault rifles and a 37mm trench gun M1915 – a Russian infantry support weapon dating back to World War I – along with several hundreds of artillery shells and over 4,000 rounds of ammunition, a police source told RIA Novosti.
A stash apparently owned by the second suspect contained a Lahti-Saloranta M/26 light machine gun – a weapon developed in Finland in 1926 and employed during the Winter War – eight hand grenades, ten rifles and about two kilograms of smokeless gunpowder.
A search of the premises owned by the third suspect however yielded only four artillery shells and an improvised explosive device, the source added.
With most of the weapons currently being submitted for expert evaluation, the authorities are now attempting to discover who were the intended recipients of the guns.
