Due repubblicani fermati ad Armagh. Quattro accuse per possesso di armi da fuoco a Belfast
Two held in Armagh over dissident activity
Two men were arrested last night in Armagh city as part of a PSNI investigation into suspected dissident republican activity.
The men are aged 21 and 23.
During the operation police discovered a suspicious object at the junction of Niall’s Crescent and the Friary Road in the city.
British Army Technical Officers attended the scene and a number of houses were evacuated. Those people who left their houses last night have now been allowed to return.
In a separate investigation, four men have been charged with firearms offences. They are due to appear at Lisburn Magistrates’ Court this morning.
The arrests were made during an operation in west Belfast on Monday by detectives investigating suspected dissident republican activity.
Two other men who were arrested during the operation have been released.
