Two ammunition depots discovered during gas pipeline construction in Vitebsk region

January 31, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. A large ammunition depot was discovered during gas pipeline laying in the Vitebsk region, the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Information and Public Relations Department told a BELTA correspondent. More than 110 76mm artillery shells from the Great Patriotic War were found by builders last weekend during excavation work in the village of Shapyry. The ammunition was located at a depth of 1.5-2 meters within a radius of several meters. Notably, a few days earlier, another small cache of 11 45mm artillery shells was found 10 meters from this location. All ammunition was transported to a safe place and destroyed by a demining group of military unit No. 5524 of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.-0-