Police to increase presence in Carrickfergus after video emerges of masked men in the town
The police are to increase their presence in Carrickfergus after a video emerged of masked men in the town.Officers said they were aware of the incident at Cragfergus on Thursday.
Supt Gillian Kearney said a risk assessment was carried out before deploying officers because there was a suggestion that "persons present may have had a crossbow". The Police Service of Northern Ireland said its officers were at the scene within seven minutes but that no-one was found in the area on their arrival.
The incident took place in an area where the south east Antrim UDA is active and involved in multiple forms of criminality.Supt Kearney, the district commander for Mid and East Antrim, said: "We have reviewed footage subsequently posted on a social media platform and have launched an investigation."We take our responsibility to keep people safe extremely seriously.
Police carried out searches in Ballyclare and Larne on Tuesday, during which two people were arrested in connection with an investigation into the south-east Antrim UDA.
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