Four suspected NI dissident republicans held

Four men were arrested today by police investigating dissident republican activity in Northern Ireland.

Four men were arrested today by police investigating dissident republican activity in Northern Ireland.

They were detained in a series of morning raids in the Strabane area of Co Tyrone.

A number of houses were searched as part of the operation and items taken away for further examination, a Police Service spokesman said.

The men were taken to Antrim for questioning in the PSNI Serious Crime Suite.

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The spokesman declined to give further detail but said the activities being investigated covered a period of months.

Dissidents are understood to have been behind attacks on the homes of members of the local District Policing Partnership - the bodies set up across Northern Ireland to give local people and politicians a say in local policing.