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hawkwing_lbBomb linked to IRA splinter group
A bomb intercepted by gardai at the M50 toll bridge was linked to an extortion racket waged by the Continuity IRA against drug dealers.
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1524434&issue_id=13401
Tom Brady
Security Editor
A BOMB intercepted by gardai at the M50 toll bridge was linked to an extortion racket waged by the Continuity IRA against drug dealers.
The remnants of the lunchbox-type device were examined yesterday by garda forensic experts in a bid to identify its manufacturer.
It was made safe in a controlled explosion by an Army bomb disposal unit at the scene.
Last night the driver of the car containing the device and another man arrested in a garda swoop were being questioned at Clondalkin garda station.
They are being held under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, which means they can be detained without charge for up to 72 hours.
The 24-year-old driver is known to gardai as a criminal suspect from the Finglas area who has been associating with members of the Continuity IRA over the past couple of years.
The bomb was found on a child's seat in the back of the Nissan Almera car when members of the Garda Special Branch and Emergency Response Unit surrounded the vehicle as it stopped at the West Link toll bridge on Thursday night.
The second suspect is a 56-year-old anti-drugs campaigner from Clondalkin and he was arrested at his home early yesterday.
The Continuity IRA has been operating an extortion racket in Dublin for several years and has mainly concentrated on pubs, clubs and other commercial premises in a bid to raise funds.
But associates of the renegade republican group have also been heavily involved more recently in campaigns against traffickers in drug-ridden areas.
Senior anti-terrorist officers now suspect the dissidents are combining their involvement in the drugs "crusade" in attempts to extort a slice of the profits from the dealers.
Last night several garda units were working closely together to establish the intended target of the bomb, which was ready for use and contained in a box measuring 18 by 4 inches.
They believe the device was being delivered to the Finglas-Blanchardstown area when it was intercepted in an operation planned by the head of the Special Branch, Det Chief Philip Kelly.
The under-car bomb - which operated with a mercury tilt switch - was manufactured by a former Provisional IRA explosives expert who is now with the Real IRA and is living in Dundalk.
It was handed over in Drogheda for delivery to a gang operating in south-west Dublin and was to have been used as part of a row there involving criminals and dissidents.
The latest device could have been used in an attack on either a car or a house and contained a timer and explosive powder.
Justice Minister Michael McDowell yesterday praised the work of the gardai in risking their lives to intercept the bomb.
Ouch. I mean. Gah.
Add me to the chorus of 'I said we'd start seeing this, I said it all along', alright?
A bomb intercepted by gardai at the M50 toll bridge was linked to an extortion racket waged by the Continuity IRA against drug dealers.
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1524434&issue_id=13401
Tom Brady
Security Editor
A BOMB intercepted by gardai at the M50 toll bridge was linked to an extortion racket waged by the Continuity IRA against drug dealers.
The remnants of the lunchbox-type device were examined yesterday by garda forensic experts in a bid to identify its manufacturer.
It was made safe in a controlled explosion by an Army bomb disposal unit at the scene.
Last night the driver of the car containing the device and another man arrested in a garda swoop were being questioned at Clondalkin garda station.
They are being held under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, which means they can be detained without charge for up to 72 hours.
The 24-year-old driver is known to gardai as a criminal suspect from the Finglas area who has been associating with members of the Continuity IRA over the past couple of years.
The bomb was found on a child's seat in the back of the Nissan Almera car when members of the Garda Special Branch and Emergency Response Unit surrounded the vehicle as it stopped at the West Link toll bridge on Thursday night.
The second suspect is a 56-year-old anti-drugs campaigner from Clondalkin and he was arrested at his home early yesterday.
The Continuity IRA has been operating an extortion racket in Dublin for several years and has mainly concentrated on pubs, clubs and other commercial premises in a bid to raise funds.
But associates of the renegade republican group have also been heavily involved more recently in campaigns against traffickers in drug-ridden areas.
Senior anti-terrorist officers now suspect the dissidents are combining their involvement in the drugs "crusade" in attempts to extort a slice of the profits from the dealers.
Last night several garda units were working closely together to establish the intended target of the bomb, which was ready for use and contained in a box measuring 18 by 4 inches.
They believe the device was being delivered to the Finglas-Blanchardstown area when it was intercepted in an operation planned by the head of the Special Branch, Det Chief Philip Kelly.
The under-car bomb - which operated with a mercury tilt switch - was manufactured by a former Provisional IRA explosives expert who is now with the Real IRA and is living in Dundalk.
It was handed over in Drogheda for delivery to a gang operating in south-west Dublin and was to have been used as part of a row there involving criminals and dissidents.
The latest device could have been used in an attack on either a car or a house and contained a timer and explosive powder.
Justice Minister Michael McDowell yesterday praised the work of the gardai in risking their lives to intercept the bomb.
Ouch. I mean. Gah.
Add me to the chorus of 'I said we'd start seeing this, I said it all along', alright?
