PSNI investigate 'un-notified parades' footage after Ards rally
Police probing whether Coronavirus guidance breached
Police are reviewing social media footage to establish whether guidance on large gatherings and parades legislation regulations were breached in County Down on Friday night.
Loyalist protesters gathered at an an anti-NI Protocol rally in Newtownards.
Superintendent Brian Kee said: "Police were in attendance at a protest gathering and un-notified processions, which took place in Newtownards on Friday 18th June.
"Organisers of parades/processions are required to give formal notification of their intentions which was regrettably not provided or forthcoming.
"An evidence-gathering operation was in place and we will now review all the footage gathered and consider any suspected breaches of the Public Processions (NI) Act 1998 and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations NI 2021."