15/08/2012

Other NI News In Brief

Petrol Bombs Thrown In Bogside

A group of young people threw petrol bombs in Londonderry on Sunday evening, hitting a bus and a van.

Up to 30 young people attacked vehicles with up to ten petrol bombs and other objects in the Bogside.

No injuries were reported.

A police spokeswoman said: "Police liaised with community representatives and the area was calm around midnight."

The police have highlighted that there were only a few contained disturbances over the course of the weekend and that these actions were carried out by a very small minority.

Cannabis Factory Found In Lisburn

Police have discovered a cannabis-making factory while attending a call-out in Lisburn.

Officers were called to a house in the Ballymacoss area at about 3am today.

They found about 15 plants and a large quantity of processed cannabis in plastic bags.

A 45-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman have been arrested.

Dungiven Man Convicted Of Benefit Fraud

A man was convicted at Limavady Magistrates' court today for claiming benefits he was not entitled to.

Ronan McElhinney (37) of Mountainview Park, Dungiven was given a conditional discharge for two years and ordered to pay court costs of £22 for wrongful encashment of Jobseekers Allowance totalling £595.

Mr McElhinney has since repaid in full the money he wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency.

(NE)

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