ARMS FIND AT BUILDING SITE
Arms find at building site
By TOM BRADY Security Editor
A HAUL of homemade grenades and rifle ammunition was examined by an Army bomb disposal officer last night after being found on a building site in Dundalk.
The cache was discovered during excavation work and is believed to have been buried there for several years.
Three homemade grenades were wrapped in plastic inside a tightly sealed pipe and the explosive contained in the bombs was described as "use-able."
Building workers also found 300 rounds of .303 rifle ammunition which were not sealed and had become rusty.
The haul is not linked to last week's find of 48 incendiary devices near a local housing estate and thought to belong to the republican splinter group responsible for the Omagh bombing.
Meanwhile, searches have been stepped up along the north Kildare and south Meath border as part of investigations into the self styled Real IRA.
The inquiries are centred on the activities of a terrorist cell thought to have been involved in manufacturing bombs and supplying cars to the splinter group but not directly linked to Omagh.
By TOM BRADY Security Editor
A HAUL of homemade grenades and rifle ammunition was examined by an Army bomb disposal officer last night after being found on a building site in Dundalk.
The cache was discovered during excavation work and is believed to have been buried there for several years.
Three homemade grenades were wrapped in plastic inside a tightly sealed pipe and the explosive contained in the bombs was described as "use-able."
Building workers also found 300 rounds of .303 rifle ammunition which were not sealed and had become rusty.
The haul is not linked to last week's find of 48 incendiary devices near a local housing estate and thought to belong to the republican splinter group responsible for the Omagh bombing.
Meanwhile, searches have been stepped up along the north Kildare and south Meath border as part of investigations into the self styled Real IRA.
The inquiries are centred on the activities of a terrorist cell thought to have been involved in manufacturing bombs and supplying cars to the splinter group but not directly linked to Omagh.
Further Information
Publisher: IRISH INDEPENDENT
Ref: II/191
Published Date: 02-Sep-98
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