Man arrested over links to running of illegal lottery

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By Cate McCurry, PA

A 56-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon and an offence linked to the running of an illegal lottery.

Detectives from PSNI's terrorism investigation unit arrested the man in the west Belfast area earlier on Monday.

He was taken to Musgrave Police Station where he is being questioned by detectives.

A number of searches were also carried out in the south and west Belfast areas and suspected canisters of pepper Spray and CS gas were seized.

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