The State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) has uncovered a weapons cache, seizing a variety of explosives and ammunition.

“As part of the ongoing investigation into Chataev and his group initiated in 2017, the SSSG Counter-Terrorism Centre received operational intelligence indicating that a portion of the group’s ammunition, after their neutralisation, had been stored for years at a specific location identified by a source.

Subsequently, officers of the Counter-Terrorism Centre discovered a cache in a woodland area near the village of Lechuri in the Telavi municipality, containing a firearm, five pistols, 161 cartridges, three hand grenades, various explosives, including TNT, as well as first aid supplies,” the SSSG stated.

The investigation remains ongoing under Articles 323, 331 Prima, 344, 328, and 236 of the Criminal Code.