Northern Ireland

Two arrested and suspected firearms seized by PSNI

Enquiries are continuing and anyone with information is asked to contact police

Damage to Welcome Organisation centre on Townsend Street, west Belfast. A man has been arrested by officers investigating the arson attack
Officers carried out related searches in the Loughview Drive area of Toomebridge and Station Park area of Toome (Niall Carson/PA)

Two men have been arrested and suspected firearms seized during PSNI searches in Co Antrim.

Several windows were smashed at a property in the Ballydugeannan Villas area of Toome on Friday July 19.

Two men who were believed to be masked and armed with weapons were observed in the area around the time of the report.

A police spokesman said officers carried out related searches in the Loughview Drive area of Toomebridge and Station Park area of Toome on Thursday.

“Suspected firearms and a number of other items were seized as a result of the searches and will now undergo further forensic examination,” they added.

“Two men, aged 26 and 28, were also arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence, possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and possession a firearm in suspicious circumstances.

“They remain in custody at this time as enquiries continue.”