GUDRMES, February 18 (AVN) -- The Interior Ministry troops and elite policemen together with army units continue mopping up the 40x10km area between the localities of Orekhovo and Alkhazurovo, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry troop group told the Military News Agency.
The main goal of the operation is to find guerrillas in the federal rear.
By 12.00 Moscow time (0900 GMT) 46 people suspected of connections with guerrillas and participating in combat operations against federal troops have been arrested and 1,087 units of small arms extracted.
At present federal troops completely block Gekhi-Chu, Alkhazurovo, Roshni-Chu and several other localities.