(SARAJEVO) - European and NATO forces in Bosnia on Wednesday raided the home of a suspected supporter of top war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic, a military spokesman said.

"EUFOR conducted a search operation in premises belonging to Dragan Draskovic in Krupac" near Sarajevo, Ian Pratt, a spokesman for the European Union's EUFOR troops in Bosnia, told AFP.

"He is possibly linked to Radovan Karadzic's support network," he added.

The operation, requested by the UN war crimes tribunal and supported by NATO, was aimed at finding material or information which could help to locate Karadzic and put pressure on his supporters.

Draskovic is a former employee at a radio station once owned by Karadzic's daughter Sonja, local media sources told AFP.

Karadzic and his former military chief, Ratko Mladic, have been on the run from The Hague-based UN tribunal for more than 12 years since being charged with war crimes committed during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war.

The pair also face a genocide charge related to the 1995 massacre of around 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.

Karadzic is thought to be hiding in Bosnia's Serb-run half or in neighbouring Montenegro, while Mladic is believed to be in Serbia.

EUFOR and NATO regularly conduct raids on the homes of Karadzic's family or suspected aides in an attempt to establish his whereabouts.

Several attempts by peacekeepers to arrest Karadzic have all ended in failure.

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