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29th January, 2023.
THE Question needs to be asked from the PSNI/RUC "will any of these nine men be charged with loyalist paramilitary activities or with belonging to a proscribed organisation"?
Nine men have each been charged with offences including possession of an offensive weapon in a public place
It comes after police responded to reports of two suspicious transit vans in the Newtownabbey area on Saturday morning.
The PSNI said one of the vehicles was stopped in the vicinity of Swanston Road North and the other on the Antrim Road at around 10.50am.
Officers recovered a number of weapons including hatchets and machetes. The occupants of the vans, nine men aged between 18 and 41, were arrested and have since charged with a number of offences to appear in court on Monday 30 January.
As is normal procedure the charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.
A PSNI spokeswoman said: "Nine men have each been charged with offences including possession of an offensive weapon in a public place after police responded to reports of two suspicious transit vans in the Newtownabbey area on Saturday morning, 28 January.
"Police stopped one of the vehicles in the vicinity of Swanston Road North and the other on the Antrim Road at around 10.50am, and recovered a number of weapons including hatchets and machetes. The occupants of the vans, nine men aged between 18 and 41, were arrested and have since charged with a number of offences to appear in court on Monday 30 January.
"As is normal procedure the charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service."
With many thanks to: Belfast Live News and Lauren Harte for the original story.
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