Dundalk man faces weapons charges

Michael CampbellMichael Campbell from Dundalk is in court in Lithuania

A court in Lithuania is hearing evidence in the trial of a Dundalk man accused of trying to buy weapons and explosives there.

Michael Campbell, 36, from Dundalk was arrested in January 2008 in an international sting against a suspected dissident republican plot.

He allegedly handed 10,000 euro (£8,500) to an undercover Lithuanian agent posing as a weapons supplier.

The Vilnius session was closed to hear evidence from an agent in the sting.

Many British agents participated in the sting.

In February, a prisons inspector travelled to Lithuania to visit Mr Campbell.

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