Mortar bombs seized

SECURITY forces in the North discovered three IRA mortar bombs yesterday in Co Derry, police said

SECURITY forces in the North discovered three IRA mortar bombs yesterday in Co Derry, police said. The Mark 16 mortars were found during a search of open ground outside Draperstown. Army bomb disposal experts were called in to make the devices safe before they were moved. There were no arrests, said a police spokesman.

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