Police have recovered what they described as two ‘dissident republican’ firearms during a security alert in North Belfast this week. A 2.2 rifle that had been cut down and a 2.2 pistol were removed from a hedgerow at the back of homes in Etna Drive in Ardoyne. A number of houses were evacuated while the security alert was ongoing on Tuesday afternoon.
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Crime is falling in West Belfast
THE LATEST police figures have revealed that crime is dropping in West Belfast. The statistics, which cover the 2011/12 financial year, show that crime has dropped in the West by 0.2 per cent and also that crime detection rates have improved by 3.1 per cent.
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Booze-fuelled violence a new priority for cops
Violent crime associated with South Belfast’s boozy nightlife will be a priority for cops this year, the PSNI have revealed.
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Gang stinking of booze screamed ‘We’re ONH’
The victims of a shockingly violent double assault and robbery in a West Belfast block of flats have told the Andersonstown News of the terror they experienced during the dead-of-night attack.In trembling voices, the local man and woman relived the horrific attack carried out by three masked and armed men claiming to be from Lenadoon Óglaigh na hÉireann – a claim that has been rejected by dissident republicans.
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Bus driver battered by taxi man
POLICE are hunting a private taxi driver after a bus driver was brutally beaten in a shocking broad daylight road rage attack after he was pursued into the Falls Road Translink depot. The employee needed hospital treatment following the weekend assault which we’ve been told was carried out by a driver working for a non-local firm.
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Two youths stranded on roof just the latest incident
Drug taking, verbal abuse and vandalism by a small group of youths, some as young as 11-years-old, is at its worst level in over thirty years, exasperated New Lodge residents have said. People living in Duncairn Parade say a specific group of youths have been torturing residents, including pensioners, for months by climbing on to the roof of their maisonettes to take drugs, scrawl graffiti and hurl missiles and verbal abuse.
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