Lurgan crime gang behind pipe bomb alert Forensic officers use a drone and remove parts of a device that caused a security alert in Manor Drive in Lurgan Picture Mal McCann. 26 January, 2021 01:00
Forensic officers remove parts of an elaborate hoax device that caused a security alert in Manor Drive in Lurgan. Picture Mal McCann.
A security alert in Co Armagh is being linked to a local criminal gang, based in Lurgan s Mourneview estate.
A pipe bomb style device was examined and later declared an elaborate hoax.
The Lurgan gang thought to be linked to the alert, known locally as The Firm , has around 50 members and is believed to be involved in the supply of drugs and associated offences of blackmail, extortion and harassment.