The police detained 52 people at a gathering of criminal authorities in Mytishchi

"The detention was carried out by employees of the criminal investigation department together with special forces", - REN TV notes.

The detainees in the Moscow region found firearms and a package with gray powder. Two barrels were seized.

Earlier it was reported that a safe with grenades and explosives was found during a search in one of the apartments in a St. Petersburg high-rise building. In addition, a criminal authority was detained in the Kaliningrad region, at whose house law enforcement officers found a cache of weapons: grenades, firearms and cartridges.