Key Facts

• Police found 17 improvised explosive devices during searches on 30 and 31 October in the Shankill Road area of Belfast.
• The haul also included two detonators and five stun guns.
• The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the investigation is linked to extreme-right terrorism.
• Police arrested one man in connection with the discovery.
• Wesley Thomas Fletcher, 35, faced two charges of possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances and one charge of possessing a prohibited weapon, a Taser.
• Fletcher did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody; his next hearing is scheduled for 30 November.
• The Belfast Telegraph reported that this was the largest haul of weaponry linked to the far right ever seized in Northern Ireland.