Northern police seize AK-47s in west Belfast

Police in the North have arrested four people and recovered a number of weapons during a search in west Belfast today.

Fri, 25 Jan, 2002 - 14:20

Police in the North have arrested four people and recovered a number of weapons during a search in west Belfast today.

A police spokesman said the weapons, which are believed to include AK-47 assault rifles, were recovered in a house in New Barnsely Crescent in the strongly nationalist Ballymurphy area.

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