Two arrests during investigation into South East Antrim UDA
The National Crime Agency and the PSNI arrested a 23-year-old man and 51-year-old man on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs
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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs as part of an investigation into the South East Antrim UDA.
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image captionSome of the drugs were found inside a jigsaw puzzle
Three women have been arrested in Newtownabbey, County Antrim accused of importing drugs into Northern Ireland.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) and Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) worked to detain the women, aged 26, 47 and 48, on Thursday morning.
A 29-year-old man was also arrested after a suspected gun was found.
The arrests follow the interception of 11 postal packages sent from the Netherlands and Belgium between October 2020 and April 2021.
The drugs were allegedly being sent to three addresses in Northern Ireland when they were intercepted by Border Force officers who worked with the NCA and PSNI s paramilitary crime task force.
Drugs hidden inside a jigsaw puzzle
National Crime Agency officers, supported by colleagues from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, detained three women aged 48, 47 and 26 in Rathcoole, County Antrim, on Thursday morning.
They are now being questioned on suspicion of a variety of offences, including conspiring to import controlled drugs and being concerned in the supply of drugs.
At one of the addresses a suspected firearm was discovered, leading to the arrest of a 29-year-old man on suspicion of firearms offences.
The arrests follows the interception of 11 postal packages sent from the Netherlands and Belgium to three addresses in Northern Ireland between October 2020 and April 2021.
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