Police arrest three more people over an insurance and money laundering probe

DETECTIVES investigating a money laundering and insurance fraud racket have arrested three people.

Two women, aged 32 and 43, and a 50-year-old man were arrested in the Co Antrim area on Wednesday.

Officers also carried out a number of searches in the Antrim and Glenavy areas.

A PSNI spokesman said: “Inquiries by detectives from Organised Crime Branch are expected to continue for some time.”

It is the second series of arrests in the past few months.

In May, police arrested seven people in connection with the same investigation.

They are on currently on police bail pending further inquiries.