Tip off led to cash find at police club

A mysterious tip off led to money possibly linked to the massive £26.5m (€38m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast being found at a police sports club, it emerged tonight.

Tip off led to cash find at police club
Sat, 19 Feb, 2005 - 18:50

A mysterious tip off led to money possibly linked to the massive £26.5m (€38m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast being found at a police sports club, it emerged tonight.

Police mounted a search at the Newforge Country Club in the south of the city last night after a call to the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman by a man purporting to be a police officer.

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