Northern Ireland: PSNI make two arrests and seize drugs after army make suspect device ‘safe’ at Dee Street

The news comes after the Dee Street area of east Belfast was closed off for a period today due to a security alert, which ended at 5pm.

At 6pm today the PSNI revealed that a suspected device, located during a proactive search at a property in the area, was examined by army bomb disposal experts, “made safe” and removed for further forensic examination.

“A number of other items, including a quantity of suspected class B drugs, were also recovered during the search by officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force investigating the activities of the West Belfast UDA.