POLICE FIND ARMS CACHE IN SOUTHERN SERBIA
BBC Monitoring International Reports - January 21, 2005

Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Bujanovac, 21 January: Serbian MUP (Ministry of Internal Affairs) members today found a large arms cache consisting of ammunition and grenades in the village of Veliki Trnovac, near Bujanovac, which is inhabited by (ethnic) Albanians.

Forty thousand 7.9 mm and 7.62 mm calibre bullets and 48 grenades for a hand held rocket launcher with 49 charges for grenades were hidden in a plastic storage tank, with a volume of 750 litres, buried near the cemetery.

An investigation has been conducted at the scene by the Vranje district court examining judge in the presence of the police and EU observer mission representatives.

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1351 gmt 21 Jan 05

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