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FD-350 (Rev. 12-5-75)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
Police claim IRA
arms ring cracked
A terrorist gun-running network
with links in Toronto and southern
Ontario has been broken by Cana-
dian and US. authorities, The Star,
has learned.
Irish Republican Army (lRA)
sympathizers in Toronto, Mississau
a and St.Catharines have sheltered
members who have been in Canada
bn their way to the US. to raise
.money for arms.
Intelligence and security forces in
Canada, the US. and Britain com-
bined this week to break the network
"-when five men - three from St.
Catharines and two from Ulster -
were arrested trying to enter the
States at Niagara Falis.
The two lrishmen, both known
members of the IRA, were carrying
shopping list of weapons.
One carried a passport in the
name of 36-year-oldMichael Weir, of
Belfast.But The Star learned that he
has been identified as Desmond Ellis,
28, of Dumsink Rd., Dublin.
British security forces in Ulster
believe Ellis is an expert in remote
control bombings. He is wanted by
Irish police for questioning about a
number of bombings and murders.
Traditionally theIRA has obtained
jweapons and ammunition through
ealers in Belgium,Holland,Libya
and Lebanon. But that source has
been strangled by increased securi-
y.
The shopping list that the two IRA
men were carrying included 1311
cases'of ammunition and two ad-
: dresses.
One is the' Centuri Engineering
:Company of Phoenix, Ariz, a suppli-
erofremotecontrolledaircraft'and
rockets. The IRA men had confirm-
ed,by telephone last month,that the
G150
xplosives, and said they would buy
I'The second address is that of :
,Flight Systems Inc., of Nauton, Mis-
15
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
Police claim IRA
arms ring cracked
A terrorist gun-running network
with links in Toronto and southern
Ontario has been broken by Cana-
dian and US. authorities, The Star,
has learned.
Irish Republican Army (lRA)
sympathizers in Toronto, Mississau
a and St.Catharines have sheltered
members who have been in Canada
bn their way to the US. to raise
.money for arms.
Intelligence and security forces in
Canada, the US. and Britain com-
bined this week to break the network
"-when five men - three from St.
Catharines and two from Ulster -
were arrested trying to enter the
States at Niagara Falis.
The two lrishmen, both known
members of the IRA, were carrying
shopping list of weapons.
One carried a passport in the
name of 36-year-oldMichael Weir, of
Belfast.But The Star learned that he
has been identified as Desmond Ellis,
28, of Dumsink Rd., Dublin.
British security forces in Ulster
believe Ellis is an expert in remote
control bombings. He is wanted by
Irish police for questioning about a
number of bombings and murders.
Traditionally theIRA has obtained
jweapons and ammunition through
ealers in Belgium,Holland,Libya
and Lebanon. But that source has
been strangled by increased securi-
y.
The shopping list that the two IRA
men were carrying included 1311
cases'of ammunition and two ad-
: dresses.
One is the' Centuri Engineering
:Company of Phoenix, Ariz, a suppli-
erofremotecontrolledaircraft'and
rockets. The IRA men had confirm-
ed,by telephone last month,that the
G150
xplosives, and said they would buy
I'The second address is that of :
,Flight Systems Inc., of Nauton, Mis-
15