Overview
- The 38-year-old arrested in Ballynahinch is due in court on charges of possessing articles for use in terrorism, collecting information likely to be useful to terrorists, and withholding information that might prevent an act of terrorism.
- A 40-year-old woman detained in Lurgan was released to be reported to the Public Prosecution Service.
- A 48-year-old man arrested in Kilkeel was released following questioning.
- All three were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 and questioned at the PSNI’s Musgrave Serious Crime Suite in Belfast.
- The operation followed earlier searches in County Down, and local reporting indicates the arrests are understood not to be linked to recent threats against elected representatives in Newry, Mourne and Down.