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02/08/2013
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£140k Cocaine Seized
The PSNI has seized a haul of cocaine thought to be worth £140,000 in Crossgar, County Down.
The drugs were found by officers while searching a property in the Raffrey area.
Three people have been arrested.
Farmer Convicted Over Cattle Regulations
A farmer has been convicted at Ballymena Magistrates' Court of three charges under cattle identification regulations and one under the Tuberculosis Control Order.
Christopher Boyd of Tully Road, Slievenagh, Portglenone, was convicted on Thursday.
Mr Boyd pleaded guilty and was fined £950 plus £40 costs.
The Breaches of the Regulations were discovered at a Cattle Identification Inspection carried out by DARD Inspectors.
Woman Hijacked At Knife Point
A woman has had her car hijacked at knife point in the Corporation Street area of Belfast.
The incident happened as the woman was putting money into a parking meter in the city centre at about 08:50 on Thursday morning.
A man approached the woman and held what is thought to be a knife to her throat.
He then took her car keys and made off in her car. The woman was was left uninjured but badly shaken.
Antrim Alert A 'Crude Hoax'
A security alert in Antrim has been called off after a suspicious object was ruled to be a 'crude hoax'.
The object was found at the Fountain Hill underpass between Parkhall and the Stiles estate at about 18:15 yesterday evening.
Six homes were evacuated.
Controlled explosions were carried out at the scene, before the Army declare it a hoax.
(IT/MH)
The PSNI has seized a haul of cocaine thought to be worth £140,000 in Crossgar, County Down.
The drugs were found by officers while searching a property in the Raffrey area.
Three people have been arrested.
Farmer Convicted Over Cattle Regulations
A farmer has been convicted at Ballymena Magistrates' Court of three charges under cattle identification regulations and one under the Tuberculosis Control Order.
Christopher Boyd of Tully Road, Slievenagh, Portglenone, was convicted on Thursday.
Mr Boyd pleaded guilty and was fined £950 plus £40 costs.
The Breaches of the Regulations were discovered at a Cattle Identification Inspection carried out by DARD Inspectors.
Woman Hijacked At Knife Point
A woman has had her car hijacked at knife point in the Corporation Street area of Belfast.
The incident happened as the woman was putting money into a parking meter in the city centre at about 08:50 on Thursday morning.
A man approached the woman and held what is thought to be a knife to her throat.
He then took her car keys and made off in her car. The woman was was left uninjured but badly shaken.
Antrim Alert A 'Crude Hoax'
A security alert in Antrim has been called off after a suspicious object was ruled to be a 'crude hoax'.
The object was found at the Fountain Hill underpass between Parkhall and the Stiles estate at about 18:15 yesterday evening.
Six homes were evacuated.
Controlled explosions were carried out at the scene, before the Army declare it a hoax.
(IT/MH)
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