17/07/2003
Police uncover arms cache in Co Londonderry
A number of guns and ammunition and been uncovered by police in Co Londonderry.
They were been recovered from a wood close to the Presbyterian graveyard on the Mussenden Road in Caslterock.
SDLP representative for the area, John Dallat blamed loyalist paramilitaries for the arms cache.
He said: "Local people are cheesed off with the activities of these non-elected godfathers, want them off their backs and I am pleased the PSNI have recovered these potential weapons of death."
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They were been recovered from a wood close to the Presbyterian graveyard on the Mussenden Road in Caslterock.
SDLP representative for the area, John Dallat blamed loyalist paramilitaries for the arms cache.
He said: "Local people are cheesed off with the activities of these non-elected godfathers, want them off their backs and I am pleased the PSNI have recovered these potential weapons of death."
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