Belfast police checkpoints halt 2,000 vehicles in Christmas security operation
Almost 2,000 vehicles have been stopped at checkpoints aimed at disrupting dissident republicans in recent weeks, police have said.
An increased police presence has been in place since a car bomb partially exploded outside Victoria Square shopping centre on 24 November.
BBC Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
10 Dec 2013
- From the section Northern Ireland