Arms found in Ballymena

A number of weapons were found in Ballymena, Co Antrim, last night after a report of suspicious activity

A number of weapons were found in Ballymena, Co Antrim, last night after a report of suspicious activity. The RUC recovered a double barrel sawn off shotgun, a single barrel sawn off shotgun, a homemade machine gun and another machine gun. The weapons were found on farmland at Ballynulto Road. No arrests were made.

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