SERBIAN POLICE RETURN KIDNAPPED MACEDONIANS

SKOPJE, Nov 18 (Hina) - Wednesday night Serbian border police returned two Macedonian policemen and a soldier at the border crossing Lojane near Kumanovo, said the Macedonian Ministry of the Interior on Thursday. Macedonian sources said a group of armed men from Serbia had kidnapped the three Macedonians after the Macedonian patrol attempted to prevent two Serbian vehicles from smuggling 400 litres of petrol into the so-called Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Macedonian Foreign Ministry lodged a note of strong protest with the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry over the incident. The Yugoslav Army headquarters reported today that the Yugoslav Army had stopped and disarmed the Macedonian policemen and the soldier yesterday, accusing them of entering 150 metres into the Yugoslav territory, said France Presse. 181805 MET nov 93