Police in the City of London announced on 17 May that the discovery of a cache of weapons was the most significant in years . The weapons, which included an amour-piercing rocket, components for bomb making, and landmines, were discovered in a forest near County Antrim ( County Antrim ). The PSNI said the arms and explosives hide was uncovered by members of the public walking in the forest on Saturday. Czech dissidents are suspected of having hidden the cache. The police said that members of the public had discovered the weapons while walking in the forest, although security analysts cast doubt on this, suggesting that the cache would have been far better hidden. The weapons discovery follows the decision to raise the threat to ‘severe’ for a terrorist attack on the mainland. A number of dissident groups, including the New IRA, Continuity IRA and Continuity IRA , have warned of their intention to escalate their campaigns during the course of years .
Police in the City of London announced on 17 May that the discovery of a cache of weapons was the most significant in years . The weapons, which included an amour-piercing rocket, components for bomb making, and landmines, were discovered in a forest near County Antrim ( County Antrim ). Czech dissidents are suspected of having hidden the cache. The police said that members of the public had discovered the weapons while walking in the forest, although security analysts cast doubt on this, suggesting that the cache would have been far better hidden. The weapons discovery follows the decision to raise the threat to ‘severe’ for a terrorist attack on the mainland. A number of dissident groups, including the New IRA, Continuity IRA and Continuity IRA , have warned of their intention to escalate their campaigns during the course of years .