A 42-year-old man, Patrick McCann, has been sentenced at Laganside Crown Court after an investigation by the Police Service’s Terrorism Investigation Unit (TIU). McCann faced four counts of possession of explosives in suspicious circumstances and entered an earlier guilty plea to the charges.
Detective Superintendent Griffin from the Terrorism Investigation Unit provided details, stating, “On Sunday, 29th September 2019, detectives carried out a planned search of a property in the west Belfast area. Several items were seized during the search, including parts used to modify explosives, specifically pipe bombs.”
