Detention linked to weapons found during investigation into 2011 murder of police officer

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A 34-year-old man has been arrested under anti-terrorism powers in Northern Ireland.



The Police Service of Northern Ireland said he was detained in Coalisland, County Tyrone, on Tuesday morning.

The arrest relates to the seizure of ammunition and weapons at a garage in Mountjoy Road in 2011, as part of an investigation into the murder of Ronan Kerr, a Northern Irish police officer.

A splinter dissident republican group said it killed Kerr in Omagh, County Tyrone, on 2 April 2011. The garage was searched by detectives days after the killing.

The suspect is in custody at Musgrave police station in Belfast.