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A security alert in the Dee Street area of east Belfast has now ended. A suspected device, located during a proactive search at a property in the area, was examined by ATO, made safe and removed for further forensic examination.
A number of other items, including a quantity of suspected class B drugs, were also recovered during the search by officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force investigating the activities of the West Belfast UDA.
A man aged 31 and a woman aged 33 have been arrested under the Terrorism Act and remain in police custody this evening.
Two further linked searches took place at properties in south Belfast and east Belfast, where a number of other items including a small quantity of class B drugs and electronics, were seized.
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