27/05/2015

Pair Arrested Over Violent Dissident Republican Criminality

Police have arrested two men in connection with violent dissident republican criminality in Lurgan.

The pair, aged 31 and 32, were arrested on Wednesday. They have been taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Antrim police station to be questioned.

A search is being carried out in the Victoria Gardens area, according to Detective Superintendent Karen Baxter.

No further details have been released.

(CD)

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