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Dissidents had policewoman’s phone (UTV)
A policewoman’s lost mobile phone – which contains hundreds of pictures of officers and information on PSNI operations – has reportedly fallen into the hands of dissident republicans.
An article in Wednesday’s Irish News says the handset was dropped in west Belfast and obtained by paramilitary grouping Oglaigh na hEireann.
It contained text messages detailing the woman’s movements and working hours as well as photographs of her colleagues on and off duty.
The paper was passed some of the pictures, which it says it has printed- pixillated to conceal identities – to highlight the seriousness of the security breach.
Oglaigh na hEireann told the Irish News it has “gleaned whatever information needed” from the phone which they have been in possession of for “over a year”.
It said the policewoman, who is believed to be a young officer from Omagh in Co Tyrone, had been “monitored as a result of information extracted” but that a decision had been made “not to target her”.
And added: “ONH will continue to exploit weaknesses where we find them”.
The pictures include images taken on a PSNI speedboat as well as ones taken on board a jet and in the Throne Room at Hillsborough Castle.
The development comes after the same dissident outfit planted a grenade under the driver seat of a Scottish soldier’s car in north Belfast last month.
He spotted the booby-trap device and it did not detonate.
In its editorial, the Irish News describes the latest breach of security as “a matter for considerable concern”.
“The handful of fanatics who target police officers as they perform a vital role on behalf of the entire community can have no possible justification for their activities,” the editorial says.
“It remains essential that individual PSNI members exercise vigilance and total professionalism at all times.”