Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) carry out searches at two properties and waste ground in Newtownards into loyalist activity

By Gemma Murray
Published 19th Jul 2023, 14:49 BST
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Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) conducted searches at two properties and waste ground in Newtownards on Tuesday 18th July.

A PSNI spokesman said the searches were carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into criminality linked to loyalist paramilitaries.

A number of items were seized.