Man shot by police was 'under drugs surveillance'

A man shot dead by police in Northern Ireland had been at the centre of a drugs surveillance operation, it emerged tonight.

A man shot dead by police in Northern Ireland had been at the centre of a drugs surveillance operation, it emerged tonight.

Police opened fire on the red Vauxhall Cavalier Neil McConville, 21, was travelling in after it smashed through a roadblock near Lisburn, Co Antrim, injuring two officers.

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