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26/11/2003
Man arrested in connection with pipe bomb factory
A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of a pipe bomb making factory in east Belfast earlier this month.
The man is helping police with their enquiries into the discovery which was made at a house at Bloomfield Avenue on November 13.
Police are linking to the discovery to loyalist paramilitaries.
An assembled pipe bomb, components of other devices, fireworks and a sawn-off shot gun were discovered during the search of the house.
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The man is helping police with their enquiries into the discovery which was made at a house at Bloomfield Avenue on November 13.
Police are linking to the discovery to loyalist paramilitaries.
An assembled pipe bomb, components of other devices, fireworks and a sawn-off shot gun were discovered during the search of the house.
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