TWO MEN CHARGED OVER WEST BELFAST SECURITY ALERT

Police arrest three men during west Belfast covert security operation

Police arrest three men during west Belfast covert security operation

DETECTIVES have charged two men following a covert security operation in west Belfast.

Belfast Daily understands police were monitoring the activities of dissident republicans when they swooped on Saturday.

The operation is believed to have foiled a possible attack on a passing PSNI mobile patrol.

The men, aged 38 and 25, have been charged with possession of explosives and will face Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning.

The charges follow a security alert at a children’s play park at White Rise in the Lagmore estate on the outskirts of west Belfast early on Saturday morning.

A number of items, including a suspected pipe bomb, were removed from the scene.

A 27-year-old man also arrested in relation to the incident has been released.

About a dozen families, totalling 100 people, were moved from their homes during the alert.

 

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