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04/08/2006
Man due remanded over cigarette find
A 32-year-old man has appeared at Newry Magistrates Court, charged in connection with possession of terrorist property.
Patrick Brian Seamus Dynes, from Granemore Park in Keady, is charged with possessing property for the purposes of terrorism.
The charge relates to the discovery of 15.5 million cigarettes worth around £1 million, in County Armagh in November 2005.
He was remanded in custody, and will reappear in court at a later date.
Meanwhile, around 200,000 contraband cigarettes have been recovered by police in County Tyrone.
The cigarettes were found by police after they stopped a car on the Loughfea Road in Cookstown, yesterday evening.
A woman, who was driving the car at the time was allowed to leave the scene pending further police inquiries.
(EF)
Patrick Brian Seamus Dynes, from Granemore Park in Keady, is charged with possessing property for the purposes of terrorism.
The charge relates to the discovery of 15.5 million cigarettes worth around £1 million, in County Armagh in November 2005.
He was remanded in custody, and will reappear in court at a later date.
Meanwhile, around 200,000 contraband cigarettes have been recovered by police in County Tyrone.
The cigarettes were found by police after they stopped a car on the Loughfea Road in Cookstown, yesterday evening.
A woman, who was driving the car at the time was allowed to leave the scene pending further police inquiries.
(EF)
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