23/09/2002
Leading loyalist to appear in court
Leading north Belfast loyalist Andre Shoukri has appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court this morning charged with having a gun with intent to endanger life.
Twenty-five-year-old Shoukri, who is believed to be the brigadier of the UDA in north Belfast, was arrested in Rathcoole, on the outskirts of Belfast, on Saturday.
Mr Shoukri was arrested, along with a 39-year-old man, after police intercepted the car they were travelling in on Saturday night. A search of the vehicle revealed an automatic pistol along with ammunition.
The second man who was detained will also appear in court today on the same charges after being charged by police on Sunday night.
The arrests were part of a crackdown by police on loyalist paramilitary activity in Belfast after the recent murder of LVF member Stephen Warnock in Newtownards and the wounding of senior UDA member Jim Gray in a reprisal shooting last Monday.
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Twenty-five-year-old Shoukri, who is believed to be the brigadier of the UDA in north Belfast, was arrested in Rathcoole, on the outskirts of Belfast, on Saturday.
Mr Shoukri was arrested, along with a 39-year-old man, after police intercepted the car they were travelling in on Saturday night. A search of the vehicle revealed an automatic pistol along with ammunition.
The second man who was detained will also appear in court today on the same charges after being charged by police on Sunday night.
The arrests were part of a crackdown by police on loyalist paramilitary activity in Belfast after the recent murder of LVF member Stephen Warnock in Newtownards and the wounding of senior UDA member Jim Gray in a reprisal shooting last Monday.
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Shoukri Death, 'Not Suspicious'
A former leading UDA figure has died suddenly. Thirty-four-year-old Ihab Shoukri died in Newtownabbey on Saturday night after what it is believed to have been a drug overdose. Police have confirmed that the body of a man believed to be the north Belfast terror boss was found over the weekend at a house in the Grainon Way area of Newtownabbey.
Shoukri Death, 'Not Suspicious'
A former leading UDA figure has died suddenly. Thirty-four-year-old Ihab Shoukri died in Newtownabbey on Saturday night after what it is believed to have been a drug overdose. Police have confirmed that the body of a man believed to be the north Belfast terror boss was found over the weekend at a house in the Grainon Way area of Newtownabbey.
26 March 2007
Ihab Shoukri back in jail
Loyalist leader Ihab Shoukri has been returned to jail over new charges relating to handling stolen property. Shoukri, 33, was arrested while on bail on charges relating to a police raid on a north Belfast bar.
Ihab Shoukri back in jail
Loyalist leader Ihab Shoukri has been returned to jail over new charges relating to handling stolen property. Shoukri, 33, was arrested while on bail on charges relating to a police raid on a north Belfast bar.
08 April 2008
UDA 'Isn't Going Away'
While the IRA "haven't gone away, you know" - as infamously declared by the Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams - a Belfast court case this week appears to point towards the loyalist paramilitary group, the UDA doing - or "not doing" the same thing.
UDA 'Isn't Going Away'
While the IRA "haven't gone away, you know" - as infamously declared by the Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams - a Belfast court case this week appears to point towards the loyalist paramilitary group, the UDA doing - or "not doing" the same thing.
24 June 2003
Shoukri carried gun for ‘protection’
A leading loyalist from north Belfast has said that the handgun he was caught with was to protect himself from an opposing loyalist faction led by Johnny Adair. Andre ‘The Egyptian’ Shoukri, 26, whose address was given as Sunninghill Gardens, is charged with possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition with the intent to endanger life.
Shoukri carried gun for ‘protection’
A leading loyalist from north Belfast has said that the handgun he was caught with was to protect himself from an opposing loyalist faction led by Johnny Adair. Andre ‘The Egyptian’ Shoukri, 26, whose address was given as Sunninghill Gardens, is charged with possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition with the intent to endanger life.
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