No loyalist paramilitary involvement in threats to port workers, police say
PSNI officers patrol Larne port after local authority workers were withdrawn from duty at the facility following threats. Picture by Stephen Davison/ Pacemaker
Michael McHugh, David Young and Michelle Devane, Press Association
02 February, 2021 16:05
Loyalist paramilitaries are not involved in threats made to workers conducting post-Brexit trade checks at Northern Ireland's ports, police have said.
Disgruntled individuals or small groups may be responsible, rather than organised gangs.
nspections of goods arriving at Larne and Belfast ports were suspended yesterday and officials withdrawn after sinister graffiti and reports of intelligence-gathering on inspectors.