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Law enforcers have found a large secret cache of weapons in a forest near the village of Rozdolne, Starobilsk district of Luhansk region, the press service of the National Police of Ukraine has said.

According to the report, law enforcers seized three PG-7S grenades, a smoke bomb, an SM11 mortar flare, three artillery shells, 12 F1 grenades without a fuse, 19 RGD-5 grenades without a fuse, seven RGN grenades without a fuse, 7,700 cartridges, etc.

Some of the ammunition was taken to the firing range and disposed of by rescuers of the State Emergency Service. Other weapons were sent for examination.

This case was included in the single register of pretrial investigations under Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Law enforcement officers are conducting a pretrial investigation.