Police have seized almost 83 kilograms of TNT and more than 35 kilograms of hexogen kept near the house of the father of a destroyed militant, ITAR-TASS learnt by telephone at the law enforcement bodies of the republic.

“Police officers of the regional department of the Interior Ministry have found and confiscated 82.8 kilograms of TNT AND 35.8 kilograms of hexogen near the house of a jobless man, 52, in Rechnaya Street in the regional centre of Vedeno. The explosives belonged to his son - - a militant who was destroyed during a special operation on December 30, 2010,” a law enforcer said.

Investigation is underway.