Six arrested as PSNI target loyalist paramilitaries
Police have made six arrests in early-morning raids targeting loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast.
The PSNI carried out six searches in what it described as a “significant operation” in a probe into the criminal activities of the East Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
The raids were undertaken by the PSNI’s specialist Paramilitary Crime Task Force.
The organisation posted an image on Twitter on Friday morning showing armoured vehicles parked in a residential area.
Officers said the operation was focused on the greater Belfast area.
A PSNI statement said: “Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force are conducting a significant operation in the Greater Belfast area into the criminal activities of East Belfast UVF.”