High-profile loyalist Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine is due in court on Saturday charged with firearms offences.
June 11th, 2022.
The 46-year-old was arrested earlier this week as part of the wider investigation into a hoax bomb alert in March.
Irvine was detained on the Shankill Road in Belfast on Wednesday morning. Two suspected firearms were recovered.
His arrest is believed to be in connection with a hoax bomb alert on March 25 that resulted in Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney having to flee a peace building event.
During the incident gunmen hijacked a van from a workman in Sydney Street in the Shankill and told him that he would be shot or his family would be injured if he did not do as instructed.
Mr Coveney was attending the peace event, which had been organised by the John and Pat Hume Foundation.
A PSNI spokesperson said: “Detectives from Terrorism Investigation Unit have charged a 46-year-old male with a number of offences.
“He has been charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition in suspicious circumstances, possession of a prohibited firearm, possession of a handgun without a certificate and possession of ammunition without a certificate.
“He is due to appear before Laganside Magistrates’ Court today, Saturday 11 June.
“As is usual procedure all charges will be reviewed by the PPS.”
With many thanks to the: Belfast Telegraph and the Staff Reporter for the original publication.
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