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DUBLIN, (APP/AFP) – A “terrorist hide”
discovered in Northern Ireland containing land mines, pipe-bombs and other weaponry is “one of the most significant seizures in recent years”, police in the British-ruled province said Tuesday.
The cache, which is believed to have been assembled by dissident
republicans dedicated to creating a united Ireland by force, was discovered on Saturday evening by two people walking in Capanagh Forest near the port of Larne, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Belfast.
In a statement Detective Superintendent Kevin Geddes of the Serious
Crime Branch said the find had undoubtedly saved lives as a number of the devices were ready for deployment.
“The fact that an Explosively Formed Projectile was recovered which
has an armour-piercing capability means that one of our main lines of enquiry will focus on dissident republican terrorists,” he said.
“All these components will now be subjected to rigorous forensic
testing in an effort to provide additional lines of enquiry.”
The officer also said the force was investigating apparent
similarities with another stash found nearby in 2015.
“This significant find is v good news. Terrorists will not now be
able to use potentially lethal items,” said Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers in a statement on Twitter.