16/04/2008

Arrests Reported By Police

Police have made arrests in two separate cases, one involving drugs and the other alleged dissident republican activities.

The PSNI uncovered a cannabis factory in south Belfast, which followed a search of premises at Finaghy Road South last night.

Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £100,000 were seized.

Officers have held two men, aged 43 and 44.

Meanwhile, five men and one woman have been arrested by the police as part of their investigations into dissident republican activity in Belfast.

Detectives carried out a number of searches under the terrorism legislation ast night.

They said a number of items seized during searches are being tested by forensic experts.

(BMcC)

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