KIEV, July 6 - Two high-ranking Ukrainian judicial officials have been detained on suspicion of corruption and a large quantity of diamonds, $400,000 in cash and a Kalashnikov were found during raids on their homes, Ukraine's SBU security service said on Monday.

The officials - a deputy chief of the investigative arm of the general prosecutor's office and the deputy prosecutor for Kiev region - are accused of extorting bribes from a sand company after seizing its equipment, Reuters reported. They have not been identified.