Monthly Archives: February 2014
MAN CHARGED OVER CANNABIS RAID
DETECTIVES from E District Tactical Crime Team have charged a 19 year old man with a number of drugs related offences. He is due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates' Court on Friday, February 28. As is normal procedure the charges will be reviewed by the PPS. It is...more
PM ORDERS INQUIRY IN SECRET IRA ‘ON-THE-RUN’ LETTERS
PRIME Minister David Cameron has appointed a judge to review Northern Ireland's secret letters row. It followed a threat by First Minister Peter Robinson to quit after the Northern Ireland Office sent out secret letters to 180 republican paramilitary suspects. Last...more
BREAKING NEWS…..SECURITY ALERT AFTER SUSPICIOUS OBJECTS FOUND
POLICE are currently at the scene of a security alert. It follows the discovery of two suspicious objects in the Carnamuff Road area of Ballykelly. As a result a number of premises were evacuated and Army technical officers have been tasked to the scene. The PSNI say...more
MAN HELD OVER WOMAN’S MURDER
DETECTIVES from the PSNI's Serious Crime Branch investigating the murder of 36 year old Mairead McCallion this week have arrested a 50 year old man from the Omagh area. He has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently assisting police with their...more
POLICE PROBE WEST BELFAST GUN ATTACK
DETECTIVES in west Belfast are investigating a shooting incident in the Norglen Gardens area on Wednesday evening. Police say a report was received at around 7 pm that a male had received gun shot wounds to both arms and legs. He has been taken to hospital for treatment...more
TWO MEN TO FACE COURT OVER £150K DRUG SEIZURE
TWO men, aged 68 and 50, have been charged following a planned drug bust. They are accused of possession of a class B controlled drug, being concerned in the supply of a class B controlled drug and possessing criminal property. They are both due to appear at Derry...more
MAN AND WOMAN TO FACE BELFAST COURT OVER £450K DRUG HAUL
ORGANISED Crime Branch detectives have charged a couple over a massive cannabis haul. The £450,000 haul was found on Monday by PSNI detectives in a planned raid on a house in Hollycroft Avenue in east Belfast. As part of a following up operation, PSNI detectives on...more
REVEALED: ROBINSON KNEW OF OTR DEAL, SAYS BLAIR AIDE’S MEMOIR
THIS is the passage from a political aide's memoir which could come back to haunt First Minister Peter Robinson. The book claims that the DUP leader was fully aware of the secret deal with on-the-run IRA terrorists. The memoirs were written by Jonathan Powell, who was...more
POLICE CRACKDOWN ON MOTORISTS USING GREEN CYCLE LANES
THE PSNI in Belfast city centre say they are to get tough on motorists blocking green cycle lanes. A spokesman said: "We will be enforcing green cycle lands and the green cycle advance stop lines at junctions throughout Belfast city centre. "Motorists are advised to ensure...more