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PSNI A 34-year-old man has appeared in court charged with possession of explosives and assault rifles in Northern Ireland. Brian John Carron is also accused of having mobile phones and vehicles for use in terrorism between May 2010 and April 2011. He was detained in the Coalisland area of Co Tyrone on Tuesday morning. The arrest relates to the seizure of ammunition and weapons at a garage in the Mountjoy Road area of the town in 2011. Carron, from Colliers Lane in Coalisland, appeared in the do...

Palestinian doctor remanded on MI5 sting refused bail Dr Issam Bassalat, arrested as part of an MI5 sting. 10 December, 2020 01:00 A Palestinian doctor, charged in connection with an MI5 sting against alleged members of the New IRA has been refused bail for a second time. Issam Bassalat (62) was remanded in custody in August on a charge of attending an alleged meeting of the dissident republican organisation. With an address at Telford Road in Edinburgh, he is am...