Two arrested as handgun found

RUC officers arrested two men and recovered a handgun in Whiterock Parade, west Belfast yesterday

RUC officers arrested two men and recovered a handgun in Whiterock Parade, west Belfast yesterday. On the previous night four masked men took over a post office worker's house at Bingian Drive in Andersonstown. It is understood the incident related to attempted extortion of the post office in Upper Falls.

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