QUEUES OF VEHICLES AT POLICE CHECKPOINT NEAR SERBIA'S BORDER WITH MONTENEGRO, 2000-03-07 (photo)

Queues of vehicles form at a police checkpoint near Serbia's border with Montenegro close to the Serbian town of Prijepolje March 6 after Serb police imposed a blockade on the flow of goods between the two Yugoslav republics. Police set up a checkpoint nearly two years ago to control people and goods on their way to Montenegro but the first signs of a total trade blockade were reported at the weekend. Officers searched all trucks, private cars and passenger buses on Monday. Trucks carrying consumer goods were not allowed through and any large quantities of merchandise were being confiscated from private car owners or bus passengers. IM/