14/07/2016

Two Arrested During Searches In North Belfast

Two people have been arrested following police searches in north Belfast.

Army bomb disposal experts are at the scene in the New Lodge area and searches are continuing.

A man, aged 28, and a woman, aged 29, have been taken to Musgrave Police station to be questioned.

No further information has been released.

(CD/LM)

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