Milosevic's key henchman arrested

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- Rade Markovic, Serbia's secret police chief during the rule of former president Slobodan Milosevic, was arrested, the Serbian Justice Ministry has said.

The source said the arrest was linked to a car crash in 1999 in which the then opposition leader Vuk Draskovic was slightly injured and four of his associates killed.

Markovic, who is a key ally of Milosevic, was arrested by Serb police in Belgrade on Saturday evening, the source added.

No further details were immediately available.

Markovic was Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic's first political victim when he was sacked by the new regime in January this year.

The sacking was the first act for an administration which pledged to investigate the old regime and trace money and other assets that belong to the state.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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