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Northern Ireland: Two separate laser incidents lead to three arrests

Two teenagers were charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft, after aiming a laser pen at a Police Service of Northern Ireland helicopter at 8:45 pm on March 12 2012. The aircraft was over north Belfast at the time. The two 17-year-olds will appear in Belfast Youth Court in April.

Less than three hours later, a laser was aimed at an aircraft in Glenavy, County Antrim. A male was arrested.

From 2 separate BBC News reports
here and here