July 28, 2005 - 12:25 AMT
GEORGIAN FRONTIER GUARDS HELD UP RUSSIAN MILITARY MOTORCADE
Georgian frontier guards of the Akhaltsikh Regional Department in Ninotsminda have held up a motorcade of with Russian materiel at the border with Armenia. The motorcade had plan permits, however when checking the materiel the guards discovered unregistered arms. The cortege consisted of four lorries and four units of armored equipment. «When checking the armored intelligence and patrol vehicle a machine-gun and a signal pistol were discovered. The cortege is stopped to clear out the situation,» a Georgian Frontier Service representative stated, RIA Novosti reported.