REBEL SERB POLICE STOP CARS ON THE ZAGREB-LIPOVAC HWY

ZAGREB, Jan 24 (Hina) - Rebel Serb police stopped cars using the Zagreb-Lipovac highway through UNPA West on Monday, without any authority, UN spokesman, Paul Risley, said in Zagreb. The Knin Serb authorities explained that only Serb cars from the UNPA were stopped in order to check if fuel was being smuggled, Risley said. But he added that UNPROFOR civil police confirmed that they had stopped 'a number of cars' from free Croatian territory. After a warning from the UN civil police there were no further incidents and Serb policemen withdrew to a hundred yards from the road. Risley stressed that even though the car-stopping was not a serious incident, it did nonetheless, violate the Economic Agreement, under which the Zagreb-Lipovac highway was opened to traffic. In the past 24 hours 1,899 vehicles had used the highway through UNPA West, Risley said. (hina) mar sd as 241559 MET jan 95