Detectives investigating the £22m (€31m) bank raid in the North have carried out searches of commercial premises in west Belfast, it was confirmed today.

The owners of two homes taken over by the gang behind last week’s £22m (€31.1m) bank raid in Northern Ireland hope to return today, following a police forensic examination.

POLICE yesterday ended forensic examinations in the two homes taken over by the gang behind last week’s £22 million (€30 million) bank heist in the North.

Police in the North today ended forensic examinations in the two homes taken over by the gang behind last week’s £22m (€31.3m) bank heist in Belfast.

Detectives hunting the gang behind the £22m (€31.3m) Northern Bank heist have carried out a search of the west Belfast home of one of the hostages.

Detectives hunting the gang behind the £22m (€31.27m) Northern Bank heist today carried out a search of the west Belfast home of one of the hostages.

Detectives hunting the gang behind the £22m (€31.3m) Northern Bank heist today carried out a search of the west Belfast home of one of the hostages.

Police in the North are searching for a gun that was stolen from a vehicle during Christmas Eve raids in west Belfast.

Detectives investigating the murder of a mother-of-four in Belfast have appealed for a taxi driver to come forward.