Seven arrested in crackdown on loyalists

Police investigating the criminal activities of loyalist paramilitaries in the north west of the North arrested seven men today…

Police investigating the criminal activities of loyalist paramilitaries in the north west of the North arrested seven men today.

Four men were arrested in the Waterside area of Derry, one in Coleraine, Co Derry, and one each in Ballymoney and Mosside, Co Antrim.

A spokesman for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said the men were being questioned as part of an ongoing investigation into the criminal activities of loyalist paramilitaries.

Meanwhile, another four men were arrested in Larne, Co Antrim, by police investigating alleged intimidation by loyalist paramilitaries.

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