Almotamar.net - The Yemeni interior ministry on Saturday displayed to local, Arab and foreign media correspondents three stores of weapons that have been so far collected and bought from citizens as part of a plan of collecting weapons the Yemeni authorities are implementing.

Almotamar.net correspondent present with other journalists said the ministry of interior acquainted them with three stores of weapons in the outskirts of the capital Sana'a containing tens of thousands of different kinds of weapons. He said one of the stores contains anti-tank projectiles and machine-guns, the second contains different calibers of artillery shells, explosives and mines.

Almotamar.net correspondent added that those in charge of stores refused to give journalists information on prices of those weapons saying their task is confined to storing those weapons. Sources of the interior ministry estimated the value of those weapons at tens of billions.

The interior minister on Thursday promised to show journalists quantities of weapons collected as part of the government decision to collect weapons taken last month.