Builders uncover 'bugging device'

Diarmaid Fleming
BBC NI Dublin correspondent

This bugging device was found in Sinn Féin offices in 2004

A suspected bugging device has been found at a house in Coalisland.

It is believed that Sean O'Farrell, an IRA member shot by the SAS in 1992, may have had some connection with the house.

He was one of four men killed at St Patrick's Church in Clonoe by the SAS after their IRA unit had attacked Coalisland Police Station.

Builders working at the house on Monday found a 60cm box-like object with batteries in a roof space.

It is believed the device had been there since the early 1990s.

Local Sinn Fein MLA Michelle O'Neill told the BBC she was aware of the find.

A PSNI spokesman said police had received no reports of a listening device being found, and said that while police did not comment on operational matters, if anyone had any specific information or property, then this should be made available to the police for immediate investigation.