Kosovo (Hansard, 16 March 2000)

§ Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the main families in Kosovo dealing in heroin; [114923]
(2) how many persons have been apprehended in Kosovo for trafficking in heroin since police from NATO countries arrived; [114925]

§ Mr. Battle
We have no information about the number of persons apprehended in Kosovo for trafficking in heroin since police from NATO countries arrived. The UN have asked us to help set up a Criminal Intelligence Unit in Kosovo to provide information which can be used by law enforcement agencies to attack organised criminal activity, including drug trafficking.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, announced on 15 March that the UK would contribute 20 police and Customs officers to this Central Intelligence Unit.
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§ Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many international policemen were promised by NATO countries for service in Kosovo; and how many have arrived. [114924]

§ Mr. Hain
As of 1 March, figures provided by the United Nations Secretariat show that NATO member states have pledged 1,617 civilian police officers (49 per cent. of the total number pledged) to the United Nations International Police force in Kosovo. Of these, 1,184 have been deployed (50 per cent. of the total number deployed).

§ Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons NATO expelled the 4 Unit of the Narcotics Squad of the Serb Army from Kosovo. [114922]

§ Mr. Vaz
In accordance with the Military Technical Agreement between NATO and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) all FRY forces were required to withdraw from Kosovo to locations in Serbia outside Kosovo.