A 42-year-old man has been arrested in a cross-border policing operation after the discovery of an improvised explosive device in Co Louth.
The man was arrested under the Terrorism Act on Sunday during a search of a property in the Letterbreen area of Co Fermanagh.
The arrest by detectives from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit followed the discovery of the device in a search by Gardaí in the Ravensdale area of Co Louth on Sunday morning.
The device was removed for further forensic examination.
A PSNI spokesperson said the man arrested on Sunday was taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast for questioning, where he remained on Sunday evening.
A vehicle and other items were also seized during the search in Letterbreen.
A search was also carried out in Enniskillen on Sunday, and a second vehicle was seized. Police also searched a property in the Garrison area of Co Fermanagh.
”Our investigation is continuing and we will be providing full support to An Garda Síochána as enquiries continue,” the spokesperson added.