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| Man to appear in court over semtex discovery in Belfast | Man to appear in court over semtex discovery in Belfast |
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| A 45-year-old man arrested in north-east England at the weekend is to appear in court in Belfast charged in connection with the discovery of about half a kilogram of semtex explosive. | |
| More than 200 rounds of ammunition and two guns were also found in a Police Service of Northern Ireland search operation at a house in west Belfast last Friday. | More than 200 rounds of ammunition and two guns were also found in a Police Service of Northern Ireland search operation at a house in west Belfast last Friday. |
| In a follow-up operation, detectives from the PSNI, alongside Northumbria police colleagues, arrested the man at a property in Sunderland on Sunday. He is due in court on Tuesday to face explosives and firearms charges. | |
| The semtex discovery has prompted concerns among unionist politicians that not all of the arsenal of the Provisional IRA (PIRA) was decommissioned a decade ago. | |
| They want the PSNI to determine if the semtex originates from the huge cache of armaments provided by Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan regime to the PIRA in the 1980s, or if the explosive – found at a house in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast – came from another source. | They want the PSNI to determine if the semtex originates from the huge cache of armaments provided by Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan regime to the PIRA in the 1980s, or if the explosive – found at a house in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast – came from another source. |
| Meanwhile, a 29-year-old man detained in Belfast on Sunday has been released, while a 21-year-old woman arrested in the city at the same time remains in custody. | Meanwhile, a 29-year-old man detained in Belfast on Sunday has been released, while a 21-year-old woman arrested in the city at the same time remains in custody. |