A 32 year old man arrested on Saturday (on suspicion of benefits fraud and being involved in an illegal lottery has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
He had been detained first detained under the Terrorism Act by detectives from PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit on suspicion of membership of a proscribed organisation as part of an ongoing investigation into dissident republican activity linked to the Irish Republican Movement and New IRA and was subsequently released without charge.
However, police said on Sunday that the suspect was re-arrested under PACE legislation at Musgrave Police Station.
Detective Inspector Andrew Hamlin said: “The suspect was arrested on suspicion of benefits fraud and being involved in an illegal lottery described as ‘E2 Republican Prisoners Portlaoise’.
“Police would take this opportunity to advise members of the public not to purchase these lottery tickets as they are illegal and are funding organised criminality and terrorism.”
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