06/05/2014

Larne Disorder - Man Arrested

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating serious disorder in Larne, County Antrim.

A crowd of over 100 people damaged homes and property in the Knockdhu Park and Ferris Avenue areas of the town on 30 March.

The PSNI said a 24-year-old man had been arrested in the Larne area under the Terrorism Act on Tuesday.

He has been taken to Antrim Serious Crime Suite for questioning.

The man is the seventeenth person to be arrested in relation to the disturbance.

(IT)

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