Money laundering probe police raid UUP offices
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Ulster Unionist Party offices were raided today as part of a continuing police investigation into money laundering. The party office inside the Castlereagh Borough Council office was visited. A party spokesman said computer equipment and paper files were removed. The home of Ulster Unionist MLA Michael Copeland - also a member of castlereagh Council - was also raided by the police, party sources said. A Police Service spokesman said: “As part of our investigation into money laundering police have carried out a number of searches in east Belfast and Castlereagh. “Two Production Orders have been executed under the Proceeds of Crime Act in the Castlereagh and North Down areas.” More : breakingnews.iol.ie |