CLANRYE NEWS Updates on Crime within the district
Police are appealing for information after two police officers were injured following a road traffic collision Friday 6th May shortly before 3.45am in the Jonesborough area. Newry, Mourne and Down District Commander Superintendent Norman Haslett said: “The collision occurred in the Molloy Road Lower area of Jonesborough and involved a Police vehicle and a van. […]
A grieving mummy wept in court as her ex boyfriend was handed a life sentence after he admitted murdering her infant son. Sharyar Ali (34) was due to go on trial at Newry Crown Court for the murder of 11-month-old Hunter Patrick McGleenon but following legal discussions, defence QC Charles MacCreanor asked for the murder […]
Aontú published the Commission of Investigation (Collusion by British State Forces ) Bill 2022, which would institute an investigation into the extent and destruction of British collusion in Ireland, north and south. An Teachta Tóibín: “For too long the Irish people from across the 32 counties have been denied the truth of British collusion. Family […]
A Co. Armagh bricklayer appeared in court today (mon) accused of having cannabis and criminal cash worth almost £200,000. Lisburn Magistrates Court heard that 40-year-old Stephen Connell he was “baby sitting” the cash and nine kilos of herbal cannabis in order to repay a debt having borrowed money from “sinister elements.” Connell, from Cloughreagh Park […]
Police have arrested a man and seized a quantity of suspected Class B drugs following searches in Bessbrook today (Sunday 1st May). Chief Inspector Adam Corner said: “Following searches of two properties in the Bessbrook area we have arrested a man in his 40s and seized approximately £50,000 worth of suspected herbal cannabis and £100,000 […]
As part of ongoing investigations targeting persons suspected to be involved in an organised crime group operating in the Louth area, the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Drogheda Divisional Drugs Unit conducted a Joint Operation with personnel attached to the Revenue Customs Service today, Friday the 29th of April 2022. […]
Thursday evening (29/04/22), officers from Downpatrick received a report that a number of drunk males were in a garage forecourt and one of the males assaulted a member of the public and also damaged their vehicle; they then drove off. The suspect’s vehicle was observed by town-centre CCTV operators later that night driving the wrong […]
Police in Portadown seized a large quantity of Class A, B and C drugs in the Churchill Park area and made one arrest, Thursday April 21st. Following the seizure a sum of money was also recovered. A 50-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of a number of drug offences including possession of a Class A […]
Banbridge Neighbourhood Team are aware of anti-social behaviour occurring around numerous churches in Rathfriland specifically in the adjacent graveyards. We are able to say that this has been caused by young people and enquiries are continuing to identify individuals. Parents – please be aware where your children are and educate them about anti-social behaviour and […]
Police received a report of a burglary at a house on the Portadown Road in Tandragee shortly before 5.30pm on Wednesday 20th April. Inspector Quinn said: “It was reported that the house was ransacked with a quantity of jewellery, a sum of money and keys to a camper van taken and used to steal the vehicle […]
Police have issued a fresh warning for the public to be vigilant after a fraudster swindled a woman from Northern Ireland out of £112,000 in a devastating romance scam. The woman met the fraudster online on a dating app and, as the relationship developed over the last year, the scammer convinced the woman to ‘invest’ […]
Police attended the scene of the sudden death of a man at the Green Road area of Bessbrook on Wednesday, 27th April, afternoon. A post mortem has been completed to establish the cause of death and police are now waiting on toxicology results. No arrests have been made and at this time the death is not being […]
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