On January 2, 2021, at 13:07, the Agency received information from the ″102″ Service Call Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the discovery of a shell in the territory of Alibeyli village, Tovuz region, Eurasia Diary reports citing APA.
According to the report, the special mobile operational team of the Agency, employees of the Tovuz District Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Emergency and Urgent Medical Aid Station of the Ministry of Health were immediately deployed to the area.
Specialists of the agency and employees of the Tovuz District Police Department inspected the roadside in the above-mentioned area. The area was cordoned off by police for security reasons. As a result of urgent search operations carried out by the Agency's specialists, 1 piece of 82-mm mortar shell (OF-832) was found and transported to the Agency's central disposal area.
An area of 300 sqm around the mortar shell was inspected above the ground surface, no additional dangerous objects and devices were found.