(Interfax) - Two ex-militants have turned themselves in to the authoritieis in Chechnya over the past 24 hours. One of them, a resident of the village of Tolstoi-Yurt in the Groznensky district, surrendered a Kalashnikov rifle. The other claimed that he had provided food for illegal armed groups. In other developments, a large cache with explosives has been discovered in Grozny's Zavodskoi district, Chechnya's Interior Ministry told Interfax. "The cache was found near a half-ruined bridge across the Sunzha in a search operation, conducted by the interior ministry, jointly with the temporary federal interior ministry grouping and Chechnya's Police Regiment No.2," the ministry said. A gas container filled with powder, with a detonator attached, and two metal pipes filled with explosives were inside the cache. The explosive devices were to be used in subversive operations, according to the ministry.