5 October, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. A large arsenal of ammunition has been neutralized in the Vitebsk district, the military unit 5524 of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus informed a BELTA correspondent. While harvesting timber near the village of Zaronovo, forestry workers discovered mortar mines lying on the ground a few meters from a cleared path. Approximately 50 of them were found on the surface. It is presumed that they were initially found by illegal diggers, but due to their danger and the strict penalties for possessing ammunition, they were left at the site of discovery, the unit noted. During the inspection of the hazardous area, sappers discovered about 90 more mines, 26 artillery fuses, and 89 detonator caps from the Great Patriotic War era. All ammunition has been destroyed.-0-

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