A dissident republican bomb found in a lorry in Co Armagh was intended to blow up on board a ferry “around the time the UK left the EU” on Brexit day
Det Supt Wright said that based on that information, “police conducted checks of the docks area and worked with the ferry company, Belfast Harbour authorities and“After thorough checks nothing was found. The ferry sailed and arrived safely in Scotland,” he said.
“Working throughout the evening of Monday, February 3rd and Tuesday, February 4th, police and the haulage company eliminated in the region of 400 vehicles in order to locate the explosive device. “Had this vehicle travelled and the device had exploded at any point along the M1, across the Westlink or into the Harbour estate the risks posed do not bear thinking about.
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