13 residents of Chechnya detained on suspicion of involvement in armed underground

During the past day, in Chechnya, law enforcers have detained two suspected former members of the armed underground and other eleven persons suspected of aiding and abetting members of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

Seven persons were detained in the course of verification of the operative information obtained earlier in the plain Nadterechny District of Chechnya, three persons were detained in the Gudermes District, one in the Urus-Martan District, and two in the mountainous Shatoi District. All the detainees are 20-40-year-old men. This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a staff member of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The police assume that several years ago, two of 13 detainees used to be members of IAFs operating in the territory of Chechnya and the other detainees were aiding and abetting IAF members during the past 12 years.

"The suspects supplied militants with food, uniforms, and medicines, transported them in their cars and provided them with shelters for nights," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by the policeman. He has noted that the detainees are prosecuted under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.