THREE men were arrested after a flat in Co Armagh was petrol-bombed hours after the BBC broadcast footage of a police raid.
A device was thrown from a moving car at the property on Market Street in Tandragee at around 11.30pm on Wednesday.
The potentially deadly petrol bomb struck a front wall, causing external scorch damage.
Hours earlier BBC NI had broadcast pictures of police officers using a battering ram to smash their way into the flat as part of 'Operation Cordella', which was set up by the PSNI to combat burglaries.
Local sources say the raid was carried out on Wednesday, with footage from the operation broadcast on news programmes later the same day.
A 22-year-old man was arrested and later released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Footage from the incident showed police officers carrying out a search, while a senior officer was earlier filmed briefing the search team before the raid.
Chief Inspector Jon Burrows told officers that it was being carried out in connection with a burglary of a house in Portadown last month.
Several items were taken from the flat.
Policing Board member Daniel McCrossan last night said that while he was “unable to comment on the individual case it is concerning that people could be identified when film crews are following the PSNI”.
He said he was not opposed to camera crews covering PSNI operations “as long as it doesn't impede on their ability to do their jobs”.
"There are specific codes of practice that the PSNI must follow when entering a premise and this includes giving due consideration to the privacy of the occupier,” the SDLP assembly member said.
“Whether this is breached by the presence of a camera crews is a grey area as journalists are expected to minimise the risk of identification through pixelation of the footage.
"Therefore, overall responsibility rests with journalists and editors rather than the PSNI. It is not the job of policing to edit video footage.”
A BBC spokesperson said last night: “We adhered to all the relevant guidelines and processes in our reporting of this story."
