Four arrests after crime spree

Four males aged 23, 16 and two aged 22 are currently being questioned by police on suspicion of a variety of offences including hijacking, burglary, possession of an offensive weapon and breach of bail.

By The Newsroom

Published 20th Jun 2013, 21:16 BST

At around 10.45pm on Tuesday, June 18, two females reported being forced from their vehicle, a red Vauxhall Astra, at Pembroke Loop Road by two males, one of whom is believed to have been armed with a ‘sword’.

The car made off at speed and a short time later was involved in a collision with a police vehicle on Stewartstown Road. The car once again made off from the scene.

A few hours later police received a report of a car matching the vehicle in a field on Carnaghliss Road, Crumlin.

Officers attended and recovered a sword from the vehicle. While at the scene officers received a report of suspicious activity at a house on nearby Ballyhill Road.

They responded and found entry had been forced to the property.

The arrested males were located and detained by police a short distance away.

They remain in custody at this time.