Searches carried out in West Belfast UDA investigation

Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Paramilitary Crime Task Force carried out a search operation in West Belfast as part of an investigation into the West Belfast UDA.

Three properties were searched relation to drugs supply activity linked to the West Belfast UDA. A number of items were seized including a quantity of suspected Class B controlled drugs.

Detective Inspector Maguire said: "We will continue to work with our partners in the Paramilitary Crime Task Force to disrupt the activities of those who make their living from crime.  They use a regime of fear to exercise control over the most vulnerable in our society, and care nothing about the lives ruined along the way."