16 February 2011, 18:00
MIA denies that man detained in Rostov Airport is internal troop serviceman
The man detained at the airport of Rostov-on-Don on whom thunder flashes were found is not a serviceman of the internal troops: he had documents of an army captain with him. This was stated by Vasily Panchenkov, head of the press service of the Internal Troops of the Ministry on Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.
Let us remind you that today at about 06:30 a.m. a serviceman of a military unit was detained by linear militiamen of Rostov Airport on his way to Moscow. Two packs looking like TNT blocks were found in his pockets. It was reported that the detainee was a contractor from one of the units of the Internal Troops of the Russian MIA, deployed in Novocherkassk.
According to the source, by the detainee's documents he was a captain of one of the units of the city of Novocherkassk and earlier never served in the Internal Troops. He was delivered to the military commandant's office, the RIA "Novosti" reports.
It is already known that the confiscated packs were military thunder flashes, used during military exercises.
It was also reported that a woman - his cohabitant - was going to Moscow with him in the same flight.
