80 officers in Carrick bust-ins: Five arrests made
Officers were conducting searches to disrupt drug dealing in the area.
PSNI and National Crime Agency officers have today (March 23) made five arrests in a bid to disrupt and dismantle South East Antrim UDA drug dealing activities.
The operation saw more than 80 officers execute six warrants in the Carrickfergus area of Northern Ireland.
The suspects detained today, aged 33, 38, 39, 40 and 43, were detained on suspicion of conspiring to supply class A drugs are now being questioned by officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force at Musgrave Police Station.
The arrests relate to the seizure over one kilo of cocaine found following searches of two parked cars and nearby land in the Greenisland area of County Antrim in November 2020.
We heard from NCA Deputy Director of Investigations, Craig Naylor, and the PSNI’s Head of Criminal Investigations Branch, Detective Chief Superintendent John McVea.
Watch their update here: