DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Terrorist Investigation Unit have released four men arrested over dissident republican activity in Derry.
The men – aged 38, 42, 45 and 46 – were arrested after a car was stopped in the Ringfort Road area, in Hazelbank, on Thursday night.
They have now been released unconditionally.
The car was brought to a “hard stop” by specialist firearms officers from the PSNI’s Specialist Operation Branch (SOB) following a covert surveillance operation using an “aerial platform”.
The four men were taken to the serious crime suite in Antrim police station for questioning.
TIU detectives, supported by officers from the specialist Tactical Support Group, later carried out a number of searches of properties at Bligh’s Lane and Beechwood Avenue under section 41 of the Terrorism Act.
Local sources said nothing was found in either the car or during the house raids.
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