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POLICE OFFICERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND have discovered a “significant” arms and munitions dump in Lurgan, County Armagh.
The PSNI investigating dissident republicanism found the stash of weapons following a two day search of an area close to the Dublin-Belfast railway line.
The weapons were found in a wooded area near a wooded house.
Police said the items were in the “advanced stages of readiness” with some “ready to use”.
Weapons found include three firearms, pipe bombs and a mortar explosive.
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Superintendent Karen Baxter Politicians said ”It has all the hallmarks of violent dissident republican activity.”
Politicians, such as Arlene Foster have tweeted about their support for the police forces:
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