MAKHACHKALA. Dec 3 (Interfax-AVN) - Police officers have detained a former guerilla in the Dagestani town of Khasavyurt, a source in the Dagestani Interior Ministry told Interfax-Military News Agency on Friday.
"Making use of intelligence information, officers of the criminal investigation department of the Khasavyurt district police directorate detained Osman Timayev, who confessed during interrogations that he had been actively involved in combat operations on the side of Chechen bandit formations," the source said.
A criminal case was opened, and investigation is underway, he said. In particular, Timayev's possible involvement on grave crimes and possible connection to illegal armed formations are being checked.