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Ammunition, grenades found hidden in three cities
The Erzincan Police Department yesterday located hand grenades and rifle bullets hidden underwater in a lake near Erzincan’s Çatalarmut village, during an operation launched after a tip-off.
The ammunition became visible in the lake at Göyne Dam, about 15 kilometers from the center of Erzincan, when the water level receded. Based on information from residents in the area on the situation, officers examined the lake and its environs yesterday. The search, carried out in the presence of a prosecutor, yielded 15 hand grenades, four grenade launchers, some flare guns and about 300 bullets for Kalashnikov and M16 rifles.
A team of five divers continued the search under water yesterday, and a comprehensive investigation has been launched into the arms cache, officers said.
In İstanbul yesterday, police teams raiding a house in the Gaziosmanpaşa district found two Kalashnikov rifles, hand grenades and hundreds of bullets.
Hand grenades were found buried in the yard of a house in Kütahya’s Altıntaş district. The ammunition was discovered accidentally by a resident identified as H.Ş.
Hundreds of weapons have been found either hidden or abandoned at road sides since the start of the Ergenekon investigation in July 2007, when a house full of munitions and weapons was discovered in İstanbul’s Ümraniye district. Ergenekon is a criminal organization charged with plotting to overthrow the government. More than a hundred people including former and current army officers are currently standing trial as suspected members.
Since the start of the investigation, major arms caches as well as smaller finds have been located at a variety of places ranging from the waters of the Bosporus to land belonging to an educational foundation. In most of these cases, links between Ergenekon and the weapons found have been established by the investigators.
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