DNA evidence from a disposable latex glove links prominent republican Colin Duffy to the murder of two soldiers by the Real IRA outside a Northern Ireland Army base earlier this month, the Larne Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.

DNA evidence links prominent republican Colin Duffy to the murder of two soldiers by the Real IRA outside an Army base in the North earlier this month, a court was told today.

Four men were tonight charged with drugs offences in the North following police swoops aimed at disrupting the drugs trade.