IFOR SEIZE LARGE AMOUNT OF WEAPONS FROM BOSNIAN SERBS

SARAJEVO, 6 Nov (Hina) - Members of the International Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia seized yesterday a larger amount of weapons and ammunition from the Bosnian Serb army, after they discovered that the Serbs were carrying out military exercises without necessary permits. IFOR spokesman Bratt Boudreau stated in Sarajevo Wednesday that the incident happened near the village of Vrbanja, northern Bosnia. NATO soldiers seized infantry and anti-tank weapons from the Serbs. While it was flying over Kljuc yesterday (northern Bosnia, under Muslim control) on one of its regular patrols, an IFOR helicopter spotted several residential buildings on fire. The helicopter crew established afterwards that the buildings were in a village which had formerly been inhabited by Serbs. The crew spotted a vehicle travelling through the village and followed it to Kljuc. Canadian IFOR soldiers visited Kljuc and established that the five men who had been travelling in the car were Bosniac police officers. At IFOR's request, international police members on Wednesday left for Kljuc in order to carry out an investigation into the burning of the houses and establish what the five police officers were doing in the village. (hina) rm jn 061445 MET nov 96