MEN QUIZZED OVER BRUTAL HOUSE BURGLARY

Men held at Antrim for questioning over aggravated burglary

Men held at Antrim for questioning over aggravated burglary

DETECTIVES are questioning three men following an aggravated burglary last night.

Police say a 39-year-old man was assaulted by a number of men – aged 35, 36 and 39 – who entered his home on Moat Road on Friday armed with hammers and a handgun.

The men then fled in a waiting vehicle with a sum of cash.

A woman and two children who were also in the house were shaken by the incident but not injured.

During follow up inquiries, two men were later arrested in Newtownabbey and another in Antrim.

All three are being quizzed at the PACE suite in Antrim police station about a number of offences: aggravated burglary, possession of a firearm under suspicious circumstances, possession of offence weapons, grievous bodily harm with intent, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and theft.

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