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Two bailed after banknotes arrests

Two men who were arrested following the confiscation of £42,000 in Northern Bank notes have been released on bail as police investigations continue.

The arrests followed attempts to purchase small items, including magazines, using £100 notes at the Rushmere Shopping Centre in Craigavon, Co Armagh, on Sunday.

The money was recovered during searches of two houses and business premises in Banbridge, Co Down, yesterday.

A police spokesman said the cash was not being linked at this stage to last month's multi-million pound Northern Bank robbery in Belfast.

He said the money might be linked to other possible money laundering offences.