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Dissidents
Three charged after dissident inquiry
Firearms charges follow investigation into dissident republican activity.
THREE MEN HAVE BEEN charged with firearms offences by officers investigating dissident republican acitivities.
The men – two aged 22 and one aged 26 – were arrested on Monday in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, after officers stopped their car, according to the Belfast Telegraph.
The three have been charged with possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and possessing ammunition in suspicious circumstances.
A fourth man arrested with them remains in custody.
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