Republican slams PSNI for bank raid house search

The home of Belfast Republican Eddie Copeland was searched today by police involved in the hunt to recover the stolen Northern Bank cash.

They checked every room in his three-storey home and took away shoes and mobile phones and at one stage during the two hours inside opened 30 Christmas presents.

Mr Copeland said: “They had no reason to come here because I have nothing to fear and this to me looks like a politically-motivated operation. I had nothing to do with any robbery.”