The Belgrade police searched the house of Darko Mladic on Monday, the son of war crimes indictee Ratko Mladic, the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor has told Tanjug.

The goal was to find evidence or clues to Ratko Mladic's whereabouts.

The search started at around 7 a.m. and was finished at around 1 p.m.

The police have searched facilities belonging to Darko Mladic several times over the past 15 years. They seized certain amounts of money and material that could be used in the investigation.

Ratko Mladic, a former commander of the Army of Republika Srpska, has been on the run since 1996. There have been several attempts at his arrest, but they all failed.