Villager uncovers rifle stockpile
A total of 79 guns and 253 cartridges were stuffed in more than 60 wooden boxes bought by a man from Sovkhoznyy village in Udmurtia, 1,300km south-east of Moscow. The 57-year-old man said he bought them from a truck driver to heat his home.
The rifles, produced in 1959-1960, were en route to a recycling plant from Izhmash, one of the country’s oldest arms manufacturers, the company said.
