Special Patrol Group (RUC)
The Special Patrol Group (SPG) in the Royal Ulster Constabulary was a police unit established ostensibly to engage in counter terrorism. Each SPG had 30 members. Many of the SPG units were accused of collusion with the illegal paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), particularly the actions of that organisation's Mid-Ulster Brigade, based around the Lurgan and Portadown areas. Some former SPG officers subsequently confirmed this.
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