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Trio charged with UVF membership

THREE men are due to appear in court charged with membership of the UVF.

The trio - aged 32, 40 and 60 - have also been charged in connection with a pipe bomb attack on a house in Larne seven years ago.

The men were arrested by detectives from the PSNI's serious crime branch as part of Operation Ballast.

Operation Ballast is an investigation into a series of murders and other crimes by the the UVF in north Belfast.

The PSNI took over the investigation from the Historical Enquiries Team at the end of last year.

A fourth man arrested has been released pending a report to the PPS.


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