24/09/2014

Three Arrests Over 'Suspected' Firearms Seizure

Police have recovered a number of suspected firearms in a house search on Belfast's Lisburn Road.

It is understood that police and army bomb disposal officers searched a property on Rathcool Street, on Tuesday night.

Two men, aged 34 and 27, and a woman aged 19, were arrested in connection with the finds.

The recovered items are being examined by army bomb disposal experts.

Police say their investigation is ongoing.

(MH/CD)

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