(18 Aug 1996) English/Nat NATO-led troops broke into a Bosnian Serb ammunition site on Sunday, rousing an angry response from the Bosnian Serb military, which called the show of force a "dangerous provocation." The peace force sent a 100-vehicle convoy to the storage site in northeastern Bosnia on Saturday to prepare for the destruction of what it considers an illegal 300-tonne cache of mines and ammunition. After a night guarding what they claim is an unauthorised ammunition dump, Italian and French IFOR soldiers broke into a former schoolhouse in the village of Margetici on Sunday. NATO say almost 2000 troops took part in the operation, code named Volcano, one of the largest shows of force by IFOR since the end of the war. The site, some four miles outside the town of Sokolac in northeastern Bosnia, was sealed off through fear of booby-traps and soldiers stood by ready to evacuate residents. After the area was secured and the all-clear given, the full extent of the arsenal became apparent. The dump included 5700 cases of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, packets of TNT explosive, rockets and ammunition for small arms. Under the Dayton peace accord all unregistered military equipment can be confiscated and destroyed. Officials from the NATO-led implementation force said that is what they intended to do. SOUNDBITE: "What I know, this is unauthorised site, it contains ammunition, we're going to carry out all the (unintelligible) ammunition and destroy them." SUPER CAPTION: Colonel Biagio DiGrazia, IFOR But the Bosnian Serb Army claimed the site was authorised and had earlier been cleared by IFOR. SOUNDBITE: "We are very sorry and it's a pity that force is again in the theatre in the implementation of Dayton Agreement because it was completely unnecessary. We are ready for full co-operation and we are ready to find a reasonable solution to resolve this problem." SUPER CAPTION: Lieutenant Colonel Milenko Indzic, Republic of Srpska Army Ignoring the Bosnian Serbs' protests, IFOR soldiers began removing the arms and weapons from the site. The material will be destroyed in two underground explosions at a safe site north of Sokolac beginning Monday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e0ceb9b0e4fd7556b5b3d2dba88bcf12