Article: TRAINED BY THE SAS; Bar raid cops equipped like an elite unit.(News)

Byline: By RORY SMITH

A CRACK SWAT team supported by SAS soldiers were behind the raid on the Alexandra bar.

The special unit, trained at the SAS base in Hereford and armed with grenades and sub-machine guns, arrested 17 suspected UFF members.

Police were tipped off that the loyalists were holding a dress rehearsal for a show of strength planned for last night.

CS gas was fired through the windows of the bar's function room to force the gangsters out.

Several spent cartridges were found at the scene yesterday, each bearing a ...

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