A photo of a squalid shipping container where a kidnapped cattle dealer was held hostage as a criminal gang demanded a €400,000 ransom has been revealed by police in the North.

A 45-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman have received hospital treatment following a punishment-style beating.

Detectives are today investigating a paint bomb attack on a house in Co Tyrone.

A woman was left shaken after she managed to break free during an attempted abduction in Strabane early today.

Alleged informer Adrienne McGlinchey took bullets across the border in order to get the Royal Ulster Constabulary involved in her case, the Morris Tribunal has heard.