They killed four members of a Kosovar Albanian gang suspected of trying to smuggle large amounts of weaponry across Macedonia's borders, Macedonian police has said.

Radio Srbija reported on Wednesday that acting on a tip, police in the village of Radus on the border between Macedonia and Serbia attempted to stop a van believed to be carrying weapons when the occupants opened fire.

The Macedonian International News Agency has said that no police were killed or injured in the 15-minute exchange of gunfire.

MINA further reported that several other armed terrorists operating in and around Radusha surrendered to the police.

Two weeks earlier Macedonian police found four caches of weapons they allege were smuggled in by the Kosovar Albanian extremist group ONA. In an ensuing firefight, one of the group members was injured and a number of others fled to Kosovo.

Radio Srbija also reported that Kosovo police later announced the arrests of seven suspected ONA members. (With Inputs from Agencies)