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05/05/2010
Cross Border Arrests Target Dissidents
Detectives investigating dissident republican activity in south Armagh have arrested three men in Newry.
Two men were also arrested in the Irish Republic by Gardaí as part of the same investigation.
The men held in Co Down are being questioned in Antrim police station, a PSNI spokesman said.
"The PSNI continues to work closely with our garda colleagues in operations against dissident republican activity," the PSNI spokesman said.
Dissident republicans have been blamed for a number of attacks in south Armagh in recent weeks.
Last month, a car bomb exploded outside Newtownhamilton police station, injuring two people and a week earlier, a bomb was defused outside the same station.
There have been two minor explosions in the last two days as well, onew overnight at Lurgan PSNI station and one on Monday at the home of relatives of a PSNI officier in the border city of Newry.
(BMcC/GK)
Two men were also arrested in the Irish Republic by Gardaí as part of the same investigation.
The men held in Co Down are being questioned in Antrim police station, a PSNI spokesman said.
"The PSNI continues to work closely with our garda colleagues in operations against dissident republican activity," the PSNI spokesman said.
Dissident republicans have been blamed for a number of attacks in south Armagh in recent weeks.
Last month, a car bomb exploded outside Newtownhamilton police station, injuring two people and a week earlier, a bomb was defused outside the same station.
There have been two minor explosions in the last two days as well, onew overnight at Lurgan PSNI station and one on Monday at the home of relatives of a PSNI officier in the border city of Newry.
(BMcC/GK)
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