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24/09/2014
Three Arrests Over 'Suspected' Firearms Seizure
Police have recovered a number of suspected firearms in a house search on Belfast's Lisburn Road.
It is understood that police and army bomb disposal officers searched a property on Rathcool Street, on Tuesday night.
Two men, aged 34 and 27, and a woman aged 19, were arrested in connection with the finds.
The recovered items are being examined by army bomb disposal experts.
Police say their investigation is ongoing.
(MH/CD)
It is understood that police and army bomb disposal officers searched a property on Rathcool Street, on Tuesday night.
Two men, aged 34 and 27, and a woman aged 19, were arrested in connection with the finds.
The recovered items are being examined by army bomb disposal experts.
Police say their investigation is ongoing.
(MH/CD)
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