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MAGINNESS WELCOMES NORTH BELFAST ARMS FIND Commenting after over 80 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition thought to belong to the UVF were found in a house in North Belfast, local SDLP MLA Alban Maginness stated: “This is a welcome find. Taking such a large amount of weaponry off our streets is a massive step in the right direction. It also proves the point that the SDLP have made repeatedly – if loyalist paramilitary groups will not go out of business voluntarily they should be actively pursued and prosecuted by the police. The UVF and all paramilitary groups must only be judged against how they measure up to the task of ending all of their activities. This means that there must be complete and verifiable disposal of all weapons, the ending of all criminality and the dismantling of the command structures and organisation. These are the standards on which the SDLP and the wider community will judge the UVF There are still malign figures and groups in our society trapped in the past but holding back their communities’ future. We cannot ignore this fact now that we have reached a period of political stability. We should help those communities by finally loosening the grip that paramilitary godfathers have over them. Today’s find should remind us all that we must not become complacent, we must redouble our efforts to bring this scourge to an end.” ENDS
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