VLADIKAVKAZ. Aug 21 (Interfax) - A counter-terrorist operation in the village of Chermen in the Prigorodny district of Russia's internal republic of North Ossetia is over, the regional department of the Russian Federal Security Service told Interfax.
"During the counter-terrorist operation, forces assigned to the crisis center discovered and confiscated four smoothbore weapons, one non-military rifled gun, one PSM handgun, one hand grenade, one RPG-26, four grenades for the grenade-launcher, explosive items, and more than 1,200 various bullets of different calibers," the department's press service said.
North Ossetian law enforcement agencies are now considering the issue of opening a criminal case on charges of illegal storage of firearms, ammunition, explosives, and explosive devices.
It was reported earlier that the counter-terrorist operation started in Chermen at 5.40 a.m. Moscow time.