A man has been charged under the Explosives Act and Firearms Order after police searched properties in Belfast. The 35-year-old was charged with offences including two counts of possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances, and possession of a prohibited weapon (discharge of electricity or noxious gas). He is due to appear before Belfast magistrates court on Monday, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said.
The charges follow searches at properties in the Shankill Road and Edwina Street areas of north Belfast on Friday and Saturday. DCI McCallum said: “Following these searches a number of suspicious devices, along with other items, were located and seized by officers for forensic examination.
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