Eight firearms, a large quantity of ammunition and three pipe bombs have been seized in what has been termed as a “significant” police operation into paramilitary activity in Belfast.
Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Hill said it was part of a long-running pre-planned operation against the East Belfast UVF.
Four searches were carried out at a number of residential properties and one business premises in the lower Newtownards Road area, and four men aged 34, 47, 49 and 51 years, were arrested.
