23 BOSNIAK FAMILIES RETURN TO WESTERN MOSTAR

SARAJEVO, Feb 17 (Hina) - Of the 28 Bosniak families expelled from their flats in Western Mostar last week, 23 had returned so far, UN spokesman Aleksandar Ivanko confirmed in Sarajevo on Monday, adding that the International Police received information about a Croat family expelled from their flat in Eastern Mostar yesterday. The exact circumstances of the incident were still being examined, Ivanko said and added that the same rules would be applied in regard to all evicted people and to enable the evicted Croats to return. Members of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) continued to discover banned weapons in Mostar, SFOR spokesman Tony White said in Sarajevo, adding that three machine-guns had been taken from members of the Western Mostar police during the weekend. White confirmed that on Sunday SFOR members performed a check-up in the "Rama" hydroelectric power plant and found a certain amount of banned weapons, which were taken away. However, the SFOR spokesman denied that SFOR members broke into "Rama" wrecking the furniture as reported on Sunday by Hina on the basis of a statement of the Electric Power Industry of the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia. The plant's manager had been informed about the check-up in advance, White said, adding that when the SFOR soldiers arrived he refused to let them in, so the British soldiers were forced to break the locks. (hina) ha mm 171544 MET feb 97