Woman held over £26m raid freed

The £26.5m cash raid took place in December 2004

A 40-year-old woman who was arrested in connection with the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery in December 2004 has been released by police.

The woman was arrested in County Tyrone on Tuesday morning.

The woman, from the Coalisland area, was taken to Antrim PSNI station for questioning by detectives investigating the raid.

Millions of pounds were taken from the bank's Belfast headquarters in the robbery, widely blamed on the IRA.