IRA no longer main suspects of Boots raid

DETECTIVES probing a £200,000 robbery from Boots chemist in Belfast city centre last night shifted their suspicions away from the IRA.

The Provisionals had been linked to the raid which saw two employees’ families held hostage, because similar tactics to the multi-million pound Northern Bank heist were used.

Republican involvement would destroy any lingering hopes of restoring Northern Ireland’s power-sharing regime, unionists warned.