Police probing loyalist criminaliity seize 54,000 contraband cigarettes

Fifty-four thousand contraband cigarettes have been seized by police investigating loyalist criminality in Northern Ireland.

Two vehicles and £70,000 cash were also recovered following searches in Belfast and North Down earlier this week.

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Two men aged 34 and 29 were arrested and have since been released on police bail.

A PSNI statement said: "This is a demonstration of our determination to tackle organised crime and those that gain from it."

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