DUP councillor questions PSNI arrest operation connected to replica mosque on loyalist bonfire

A DUP councillor has questioned a PSNI operation after three men were arrested by officers investigating the placing of a replica mosque on a loyalist bonfire.The trio, aged 27, 38 and 51, were arrested after several properties were raided by police in the Moygashel area of Co Tyrone on Tuesday.The three are being held on “suspicion of offences under Article 9 of the Public Order Act 1987”.In July, Brian Conrad Neill, 56, of Hollow Mills, Newmills, Dungannon, was charged with incitement to hatred in relation to the same incident.Three men arrested in connection with mosque bonfire display in Co TyroneOpens in new windowDUP want ‘full explanation’ from police after anti Muslim banner removedOpens in new windowDUP councillor Clement Cuthbertson has questioned a PSNI operation in Moygashel Th