WOMAN ARRESTED OVER SEMTEX FIND

Man being quizzed at serious crime suite in Antrim over Semtex explosives find

Man being quizzed at serious crime suite in Antrim over Semtex explosives find

DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Terrorist Investigation Unit have arrested a 35-year-old woman over an explosives and arms and haul in west Belfast.

Czech-made Semtex H explosives, two guns, two detonators and more than 200 rounds of ammunition were discovered during a raid at a house on Ballymurphy Road earlier this month.

It followed a covert surveillance operation involving the PSNI’s C3 Intelligence Branch.

The woman was taken to the serious crime suite in Antrim for questioning under the Terrorism Act

A 45-year-old man with an address in Sunderland has previously been charged in connection with the explosives find.

Kevin Nolan was arrested at an address in Sunderland and flown back to Northern Ireland to be charged with explosive offences.

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