SCORES of police are involved in a major search operation on Tuesday into the activities of dissident republican terrorists.
The c0-ordinated searches started at dawn in Newry, Co Down, Bessbrook and Meigh in south Armagh.
The intelligence-led raids are being co-ordinated by the PSNI’s south region Serious Crime Branch and its ‘C3’ Intelligence Branch.
Specialist search teams made up of detectives and officers from the Tactical Support Group are involved.