The Russian law enforcement agencies have detained a group of Daesh-linked militants who have been preparing terrorist attacks in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said March 17, international news agency Sputnik reported.
"Three militants associated with the Daesh terrorist group outlawed in Russia have been detained by the law enforcement officers," a statement issued by the committee read. "They plead guilty and told about a hidden arms cache in an abandoned house in the outskirts of the village."
The committee added that it found four explosive devices as well as about one ton of explosives in the cache.