18/07/2017

Two Men Arrested Over Brian McIlhagga Murder

Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Brain McIlhagga.

Mr McIlhagga, 42, was shot and beaten by masked men who dragged him from a house in the Riverview Park area of Ballymoney on 05 January 2015.

Two men, aged 45 and 41, were detained after police carried out searches and seized a number of items on Tuesday, 18 July.

(CD/MH)

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