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KFOR finds weapons caches near Kacanik

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo (Army News Service, Aug. 28, 2002) -- Working with the Kosovo Police Service and U.N. Military in Kosovo-Police, U.S. soldiers serving as part of KFOR found several caches of ordnance at a site between Korblic and Kacanik Aug. 26.

Items found included 838 grenades, 430 grenade fuses, 12 mortar rounds and 11 propellant tubes used to boost rocket-propelled grenades.

Kosovo has an Albanian ethnic majority and Serb minority. Open fighting between the two groups broke out in 1998, resulting in the deaths of more than 400,000 people. An international peacekeeping force, including a U.S. contingent known as KFOR, moved into Kosovo in 1999.

KFOR is part of the Multi-Nation Brigade-East.

Information about possible caches was given to KPS at the Kacanik substation shared by KPS and the 630th Military Police Company, part of KFOR's Task Force 709th MP.

UNMIK-Police and soldiers from two other KFOR units -- the 737th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company and the Brigade Reconnaissance Troop -- joined KPS and KFOR military police to secure and investigate the site.

"The operation conducted today to search caches identified in the area of Korblic was a great success story that highlights the cooperative efforts of CIVPOL, KPS and MNB-E forces," said Lt. Col. Richard Vanderlinden, commander of Task Force 709th MP. "Our combined efforts made for a safe and orderly recovery of a large volume of munitions that could have been used to jeopardize our progress toward a safe and secure environment in Kosovo."