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21/11/2014
Four Arrests Follow Assault Rifle Discovery
Police have arrested four men after an assault rifle and ammunition were discovered in a vehicle in Belfast.
The men were detained and have been taken to Antrim police station for questioning. The arrests have been made in relation to dissident republican activity.
A 29-year-old man was arrested when police stopped his vehicle on the Grosvenor Road on Thursday. A subsequent security operation took place in the area.
In a follow up police operation, officers arrested three men, aged 27, 29 and 46, in the Springfield Road area of west Belfast.
Roads around the Westlink were closed for a time on Thursday evening as army bomb experts examined the vehicle, but have since reopened.
(IT/MH)
The men were detained and have been taken to Antrim police station for questioning. The arrests have been made in relation to dissident republican activity.
A 29-year-old man was arrested when police stopped his vehicle on the Grosvenor Road on Thursday. A subsequent security operation took place in the area.
In a follow up police operation, officers arrested three men, aged 27, 29 and 46, in the Springfield Road area of west Belfast.
Roads around the Westlink were closed for a time on Thursday evening as army bomb experts examined the vehicle, but have since reopened.
(IT/MH)
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