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16/01/2006
Man's body discovered at landfill site
UPDATE: The discovery of the body of a young man at a landfill site in North Belfast is no longer being treated as suspicious.
Police were called to the Dargan Cresent area of the city, following the discovery of the body at around 9am on Monday morning.
Detectives are no longer treating the 19-year-old man's death as suspicious. His name has not yet been released.
Yesterday, the area has been cordoned off as police forensic experts examined the scene.
A formal identification has not yet taken place and a post mortem examination has yet to be carried out.
(EF/SP)
Police were called to the Dargan Cresent area of the city, following the discovery of the body at around 9am on Monday morning.
Detectives are no longer treating the 19-year-old man's death as suspicious. His name has not yet been released.
Yesterday, the area has been cordoned off as police forensic experts examined the scene.
A formal identification has not yet taken place and a post mortem examination has yet to be carried out.
(EF/SP)
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