Two held over suspected loyalist extortion ring

Two men are being questioned in Belfast over a suspected loyalist paramilitary blackmail and extortion ring.

Two men are being questioned in Belfast over a suspected loyalist paramilitary blackmail and extortion ring.

The men, aged 20 and 44, were arrested close to a hotel in east Belfast last night in a planned operation by officers from the PSNI's Organised Crime team.

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