UN MISSION OFFICIAL ON SEARCH OF INTERIOR MINISTRY PREMISES IN LIVNO

LIVNO, Feb 9 (Hina) - The search of the premises of the Hercegbosna Canton Interior Ministry building in Livno undertaken by the International Police Task Force (IPTF) earlier today with strong backing from NATO's Stabilisation Force was a routine weaponry control, a United Nations official said on Wednesday. In Glamoc, the IPTF checked and established the correspondence between documentation and weaponry, UN Mission to Bosnia spokesman Allun Roberts told Radio Livno. The results of the control in Livno will be outlined later, he added. Roberts said the IPTF was authorised to carry out such check-ups, and that they were carried out in police departments throughout Bosnia to the effect of establishing correspondence between documentation and weaponry. Asked about reports that some premises in the Interior Ministry building in Livno were forced open, Roberts said the IPTF was authorised to enter all premises, and use force to open them if the head of police refused to do so. Today's search was okayed by IPTF's regional commander in Bihac, Roberts told Radio Livno. The search, which began around 10 a.m., was completed by 2 p.m. (hina) ha