  The weak ergodicity breaking induced by quantum many-body scars (QMBS)
represents an intriguing concept that has received great attention in recent
years due to its relation to unusual non-equilibrium behaviour. Here we reveal
that this phenomenon can occur in a previously unexplored regime of a lattice
gauge theory, where QMBS emerge due to the presence of an extensive number of
local constraints. In particular, by analyzing the gauged Kitaev model, we
provide an example where QMBS appear in a regime where charges are deconfined.
By means of both numerical and analytical approaches, we find a variety of
scarred states far away from the regime where the model is integrable. The
presence of these states is revealed both by tracing them directly from the
analytically reachable limit, as well as by quantum quenches showing persistent
oscillations for specific initial states.
