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15/09/2009
Three Quizzed Over Dissident Activity
Police have arrested three men in connection with dissident republican activity.
The suspects were held following raids on properties in Antrim and the neighbouring Randalstown area.
Detectives are now quizzing the men at Antrim's serious crime suite.
The swoops follow a foiled bomb plot in south Armagh, which could have seen a 600lb explosive device detonated close to the border.
Army technical experts and police secured the surrounding Forkhill area for a week before the home-made fertiliser bomb was made safe.
A number of nearby homes were evacuated as part of the operation.
On Friday police seized a white Vauxhall Astra car, which they believe may be linked to the attempted attack.
Oglaigh na hEireann, a small republican splinter group, has since said it planted the device.
(PR/BMcC)
The suspects were held following raids on properties in Antrim and the neighbouring Randalstown area.
Detectives are now quizzing the men at Antrim's serious crime suite.
The swoops follow a foiled bomb plot in south Armagh, which could have seen a 600lb explosive device detonated close to the border.
Army technical experts and police secured the surrounding Forkhill area for a week before the home-made fertiliser bomb was made safe.
A number of nearby homes were evacuated as part of the operation.
On Friday police seized a white Vauxhall Astra car, which they believe may be linked to the attempted attack.
Oglaigh na hEireann, a small republican splinter group, has since said it planted the device.
(PR/BMcC)
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