22/10/2010
Other NI News In Brief
Drugs Bust At Docks
Illegal drugs believed to be Cannabis with an estimated street value of £1m has been seized by police in Belfast. Officers from the organised crime branch stopped a taxi and another vehicle in the Duncrue area at lunchtime on Thursday where the drugs were recovered in the vehicle. Two men, aged 29 and 36, have been arrested.
Fireworks Charges
Two men from Co Tyrone have been charged with throwing a firework and causing criminal damage in Portrush. A 19-year-old man from Moneymore, and a 20-year-old from Tobermore, also face charges of possessing and using fireworks without a licence on Wednesday and will appear before North Antrim Magistrates Court on 17 November.
Alert In Down
A security alert in Castlewellan yesterday is now over after a suspicious object was found in a bin on Thursday afternoon. It ended after nothing untoward was found. The alert was sparked at around 12pm on Thursday after a member of the public reported a suspicious object in a bin outside a Post Office. Main Street in the Co Down town was closed and diversions were put in place as an investigation was carried out.
Attack Condemned
North Belfast DUP MP Nigel Dodds has condemned a petrol bomb attack on a house on the lower Oldpark Road. The petrol bomb was thrown at the front door of the property at around 1.15am yesterday morning. The resident escaped through the back door and assisted by his father Joe Keenan, who lives next door, managed to extinguish the flames before the emergency services arrived. Mr Dodds said: "These are blatant sectarian attacks carried out by republican bigots who will not let their Protestant neighbours live at peace. Joe Keenan, who lives in one of the houses, has recorded 130 attacks upon these properties during the past year. This is appalling and must be condemned without reservation. Every assistance and support must be given to enable these residents to remain in their homes. If they were intimidated out then I have no doubt that the next line of houses in the lower Oldpark community would be come under attack from these sectarian thugs," he said.
(BMcC/GK)
Illegal drugs believed to be Cannabis with an estimated street value of £1m has been seized by police in Belfast. Officers from the organised crime branch stopped a taxi and another vehicle in the Duncrue area at lunchtime on Thursday where the drugs were recovered in the vehicle. Two men, aged 29 and 36, have been arrested.
Fireworks Charges
Two men from Co Tyrone have been charged with throwing a firework and causing criminal damage in Portrush. A 19-year-old man from Moneymore, and a 20-year-old from Tobermore, also face charges of possessing and using fireworks without a licence on Wednesday and will appear before North Antrim Magistrates Court on 17 November.
Alert In Down
A security alert in Castlewellan yesterday is now over after a suspicious object was found in a bin on Thursday afternoon. It ended after nothing untoward was found. The alert was sparked at around 12pm on Thursday after a member of the public reported a suspicious object in a bin outside a Post Office. Main Street in the Co Down town was closed and diversions were put in place as an investigation was carried out.
Attack Condemned
North Belfast DUP MP Nigel Dodds has condemned a petrol bomb attack on a house on the lower Oldpark Road. The petrol bomb was thrown at the front door of the property at around 1.15am yesterday morning. The resident escaped through the back door and assisted by his father Joe Keenan, who lives next door, managed to extinguish the flames before the emergency services arrived. Mr Dodds said: "These are blatant sectarian attacks carried out by republican bigots who will not let their Protestant neighbours live at peace. Joe Keenan, who lives in one of the houses, has recorded 130 attacks upon these properties during the past year. This is appalling and must be condemned without reservation. Every assistance and support must be given to enable these residents to remain in their homes. If they were intimidated out then I have no doubt that the next line of houses in the lower Oldpark community would be come under attack from these sectarian thugs," he said.
(BMcC/GK)
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