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PRISTINA -- International force KFOR troops and Spanish MPs arrested 16 persons during a search of the field in the area of the town of Istok in Serbia's southern Kosovo and Metohija province, the KFOR Press Center in Pristina said on Saturday.
During the action, large quantities of arms and ammunition were seized - five pistols, nine grenades, three grenade launchers, three hand grenades, 13 anti-tank mines, seven hand grenade launchers, 454 gas masks, and large quantities of ammunition of different caliber, the statement said.
The KFOR said the search of the field in this area would continue. It did not state the nationality of the arrested persons. All Serbs moved out of Istok and its vicinity after the arrival of the international force.