KHANKALA, April 17 (AVN) - Federal military intelligence says Chechen rebel gangs are trying to take control over the strategic heights in the northern part of the Argun gorge, the Military News Agency learned on Monday.
Several smaller separatist detachments have moved from Urus-Martan to temporary bases in the Shatoi district of the breakaway republic.
In the past week federal aqviation has eliminated the guerrilla camps in the vicinity of Kharsenoi (13km north-west of Shatoi) and Zony (8km north of Shatoi), a spokesman for the unified federal headquarters told the Agency. Both camps were will equipped and engineered, he added.
When in need of rest the rebels go down to the flatlands and mingle with civilians, the spokesman went on. In order to expose the rebels who were involved in the hostilities in the northern part of the Argun canyon, the Interior Ministry units have accomplished an ID-check special operation in the villages of Alkhazurovo, Goyskoye, Chiri-Yurt and others.
As a result five rebels have been detained. The troops have also exposed two caches with armament and explosives.