Paramilitaries may have been behind £20m raid

POLICE last night were refusing to rule out paramilitary involvement in Monday's daring raid on the Northern Bank in Belfast.

Paramilitaries may have been behind £20m raid

Assistant Chief Constable Sam Kinkaid said that while an audit was still to be carried out on the full amount taken from the Northern Bank in the city centre, an organised crime gang is believed to have made off with in the region of £20 million (€28.8m).

"We have had to hold a crime scene at the bank during the day to ensure that a professional forensic examination is carried out," Mr Kinkaid said.

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