Cash and suspected Class A drugs have been seized during searches in the Ballyclare and Carrickfergus areas by officers investigating criminality linked to South East Antrim UDA.
Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force, supported by local PSNI Neighbourhood officers and officers from PSNI Tactical Support Group, carried out a number of planned searches over the past week.
Last Wednesday (3 June) a number of items including cash were seized, and on Monday, 8 June following a series of four coordinated searches, items including suspected Class A controlled drugs were seized in the Carrickfergus area.
Detective Inspector O’Neill said these searches are evidence that the PCTF will continue to investigate all aspects of criminality being carried out by anyone purporting to be operating under the flag of a paramilitary organisation.
“Paramilitaries are not defenders of their communities, instead they are criminals who prey on vulnerable people and exploit any circumstances they can for their own gain.
“Anyone with information about any criminality linked to paramilitaries should contact police on 101 or anonymously through the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111, which gives people the power to speak up and stop crime,” he added.