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Edel Hughes & Darragh Berry

Gardai appeal for public's help with 'love' letter bombs with Dublin return address found in London at City Airport, Waterloo Station and at address near Heathrow in March

Gardai are asking members of the public to help with an ongoing investigation into five letter bombs that were posted from Ireland to London and Glasgow in March of this year.

The devices were found in jiffy bags at Waterloo Station, City Airport and an address near Heathrow.

All the outer packages had Valentine Day stamps on, with the words “Love Eire N”, which are ­available at Irish post offices.

The packages also had Dublin return addresses, with one saying “Bus Eireann, Dublin”.

One was delivered in Glasgow, and a fifth parcel addressed to London was returned to the Limerick Postal Centre.

None of the packages detonated, however, it was confirmed that they were viable devices.

An Garda Síochána is jointly investigating the posting of these devices, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command, Police Scotland, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Cops have advised anyone who may have innocently come in contact with one of the parcels in Ireland to come forward so they can be eliminated from the investigation.

A spokesperson for An Garda Siochana said: "This extremely dangerous and reckless act endangered the lives of innocent persons and could have caused serious harm to anyone handling these devices.

"An Garda Síochána thanks the public and in particular postal workers who have provided information to date which has been of benefit to the investigation.

"Further to these ongoing enquiries, it is still possible that members of the public may have information that could help us with our joint investigation and An Garda Síochána want to identify any person, postal workers or other persons, in Ireland who may remember collecting/ seeing the parcels around 1st March 2019 from postal delivery locations within Ireland.

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