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Paramilitary Crime Task Force officers have raided a Belfast social club and seized £8,000 in cash.

A row of police Land Rovers were spotted on Monday morning outside the Leopold and Heather Street Social Club. The premises is located just off Cambrai Street in North Belfast .

Details of the operation are unclear, but the PSNI have confirmed that officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force “carried out a licenced premises inspection and search in the Heather Street area of Belfast this morning under Article 42 of The Registration of Clubs (NI) Order 1996”.

A spokesman added: “A number of licence breaches were detected and approximately £8,000 cash was seized. No arrests were made and the premises will be reported for these breaches.

“This is part of the Task Force’s ongoing effort to promote a culture of lawfulness within Northern Ireland.”

The Task Force has personnel from the PSNI, HM Revenue & Customs and the National Crime Agency who are working together to “tackle criminality linked to paramilitarism as part of the Executive’s action plan on tackling paramilitary activity, criminality and organised crime”.