05/08/2013

Other News In Brief

Taxi Driver Appeal Follows Sexual Assault

The PSNI has asked the driver of a black taxi to get in touch with them, following the sexual assault of a woman in Rathcoole.

The 19-year-old woman got into a taxi in Bradbury Place in south Belfast at around 23:30 on Friday 26 July.

She was left off in Rathcoole and was later assaulted.

Detectives from the PSNI's Rape Crime Unit are asking the taxi driver or anyone who knows anything about the incident to contact them on telephone number 028 9070 0305.

Man 'Critical' After Omagh Attack

A 27-year-old man has been described as being in a "critcial" condition following an assault in Omagh, County Tyrone.

The incident is reported to have occurred in John Street at about 20:00 on Sunday evening.

Police have arrested three men aged 24, 23 and 18.

Arrested Follow Cannabis Seizure

Gardai have arrested two men with addresses in Northern Ireland following the discovery of 60kg of cannabis in Rosslare, County Wexford.

The drugs were found after police searched a batch of tiles on a trailer on a ferry from Cherbourg.

The drugs' street value is estimated to be 1.2m euros (£1.04m).

Man Charged Over Crossgar Cocaine Find

A fourth man has been arrested following the discovery of about £140,000 of cocaine in a house in Crossgar, County Down, on Thursday.

Two men aged 31 and 47 and a 30-year-old woman appeared in court on Saturday following the discovery.

The 49-year-old man is expected to appear at Newtownards Magistrates' Court today.

(IT/MH)

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