28/07/2014

20-Year-Old To Appear In Court Over Firearms Charges

A man has been charged with possessing a firearm in Lurgan, County Armagh.

He was also charged with making threats to kill and was detained following an incident in the Hill Street area on Saturday.

A man, 19, was threatened, however he managed to escape.

The man is also accuse of assaulting police, resisting police, criminal damage and possessing a medicinal product without prescription.

He is due to appear at Lisburn Magistrates; Court later on today.

(CD)

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