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Man, 35, is remanded in custody accused of storing 17 improvised explosive devices and stun guns in west Belfast

Ammunition technical officers attended the scene and a substantial cordon was put in place in the Berlin Street area during the operation.
Ammunition technical officers attended the scene and a substantial cordon was put in place in the Berlin Street area during the operation.

Wesley Thomas Fletcher, 35, of Leopold Street in Belfast, appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Monday after police found 17 improvised explosive devices, two detonators and five Taser stun guns during weekend searches across the Shankill Road area.

Officers from the PSNI's Terrorism Investigation Unit raided properties on Shankill Road and Edwina Street, forcing residents to evacuate as a precaution.

Fletcher faces two counts of possessing explosives in suspicious circumstances and one count of possessing stun guns without the Secretary of State's authority.

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