I agree, very disappointing - if true. I'm still not convinced the IRA was responsible, but I admit it doesn't look good. Until now I figured it was a loyalist set up, with possible help from British intelligence. But we shall see, it's still early. This post from the IRBB bulletin board is interesting. The poster did not provide a url.
>>>I heard that he was not arrested, but that his home was raided and documents seized.
Here's yet another update from AFP:
Suspected stolen banknotes found at Belfast police club
8 minutes ago World - AFP
BELFAST (AFP) - Banknotes that might have been stolen in the pre-Christmas heist at the Northern Bank in Belfast have turned up at a police recreational club, a police spokesman said.
The cash, the value of which was not disclosed, was found in the New Forge police recreational club, situated in an exclusive part of south Belfast that was largely untouched by three decades of sectarian violence.
"This could be an elaborate prank aimed at directing attention away from the events elsewhere over the last few days," the police spokesman told AFP, referring to a number of arrests in the Irish republic earlier in the week.
"We're taking it very seriously and the material recovered will be examined to see whether it will lead the investigation to those responsible for the Northern Bank robbery," he said.
Officials in both Belfast and Dublin blame the main Catholic paramiitary Irish Republican Army (news - web sites) (IRA) for stealing 26.5 million pounds (50.2 million dollars, 38.4 million euros) from the Northern Bank in Belfast on December 20.
The IRA's political wing Sinn Fein strongly denies the allegation, which has thrown efforts into restoring power-sharing government in the British-ruled province into disarray. |
