Army Technical Officers arrived in Newtownbutler early this morning (January 22) amidst the ongoing security alert on the Fermanagh-Cavan Border. The security alert has been ongoing since Wednesday, January 13 as police in Fermanagh commenced a search operation in response to a report that persons purporting to represent the Continuity IRA (CIRA) left a suspicious device in the Wattlebridge Road area of Newtownbutler. This report was followed by a further claim from dissident Republicans that they had fired shots at a police helicopter in the area on Thursday, January 14. It was later claimed by the PSNI South Area Commander that the dissident Republicans who claimed to have shot at a police helicopter may have attacked a civilian helicopter, says the PSNI South Area Commander.