Turkey: Explosives, ammunition found near Ankara

 

Explosives and ammunition were found close to a armed police checkpoint on a road connecting the Turkish capital of Ankara to the coastal city of Samsun, the local governor’s office said Thursday.

 

Two hand grenades, a machine gun, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, four detonators, hundreds of bullets and three bags of explosive substances were found less than a kilometer away from a gendarme checkpoint on the road, the Ankara governor’s office said in a statement, adding investigations were on-going.