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| UDA set to confirm weapons dumped | |
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| The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is expected to announce on Wednesday that it has put its weapons beyond use. | The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is expected to announce on Wednesday that it has put its weapons beyond use. |
| The loyalist paramilitary group has five weeks to meet the government's 9 February deadline to complete the decommissioning of its weapons. | The loyalist paramilitary group has five weeks to meet the government's 9 February deadline to complete the decommissioning of its weapons. |
| Once this deadline passes, any UDA weapons discovered by police would be forensically tested and evidence could be used in future court cases. | |
| The Ulster Volunteer Force completed decommissioning last year. | The Ulster Volunteer Force completed decommissioning last year. |
| It is understood that the leadership of the UDA put its weapons beyond use in recent weeks. | It is understood that the leadership of the UDA put its weapons beyond use in recent weeks. |
| Details of the process are expected to be announced at a news conference on Wednesday morning and confirmed in a statement from General John de Chastelain, the head of the international decommissioning body which witnessed the act. | Details of the process are expected to be announced at a news conference on Wednesday morning and confirmed in a statement from General John de Chastelain, the head of the international decommissioning body which witnessed the act. |