Azerbaijani and Russian Police Hold Joint Operation

1 April 2008 13:36 (UTC+04:00)

Azerbaijan, Shaki, 1 April / Trend corr. E.Guliyev / Numerous weapons and ammunition was discovered as a result of a joint operation held by police in the Gakh region of Azerbaijan and police department in the Dagestan Republic of Russia within a five day period, Muhammad Maliyev, the Deputy Police Chief in Gakh region, stated to Trend on 1 April.

The operation to reveal the place of armaments brought from Russia to Azerbaijan has been identified.

According to Maliyev, as a result of the joint operation, one Kalashnikov, one Italy-made gun Volter, two hunter guns ТОZ mark, 670 bullets of 5.45 calibre and 345bullets of 7.62 calibre was seized.

Investigations into the discovery are currently taking place.

Gakh region is located 432km north-west of Baku.

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