Three people were inside at the time but were not injured, but a number of windows were broken and scorch damage was caused to the property. In Bangor, there was another petrol bomb attack on a house in the early hours of Saturday in the Skipperstone Road area.
Police are treating it as arson with intent to endanger life. On Saturday, a house on Dicksonia Drive in Newtownards was targeted around 10.15pm, with PSNI officers and firefighters attending the scene.Ī number of windows were broken and extensive damage was caused to the front door of the property, with no one inside at the time. Police said that around 10am, a brick was thrown through a front window before two petrol bombs were thrown inside, causing damage to the window ledge, roof and floor.īricks were also thrown through an upstairs window and kitchen window, with damage also caused to a car parked outside. They included petrol bomb attacks on houses in Newtownards and Bangor.Ī man in his 60s was injured in the latest incident on Sunday night in Ards after a house on Moyne Gardens was attacked. Ulster Unionist MLA Mike Nesbitt, a member of the Policing Board, appealed for calm after the attacks in north Down. "They need to be clear here on what sort of role they have with loyalist communities. But when it comes to LCC, I would ask what do they even do or bring to the table? He added: "Everyone including the PSNI is calling the East Belfast UVF a drugs gang. What for, just for some of them to get extremely rich and profit? It's a tragedy." "They're killing their own communities, they're harming their own communities.
"We know there is a serious drug problem in this city, and a lot of it is down to the East Belfast UVF and their role in it," he said. Green Party councillor Brian Smyth questioned what value they were bringing to the table, when paramilitary groups still seemed out of control. The group's chairman, David Campbell, did not respond when contacted by The Irish News about the latest incidents. The smashed window of a property in the Moyne Gardens area of Newtownards (Liam McBurney/PA) The Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) is an umbrella group that represents the views of the UVF, UlDA and Red Hand Commando. James Thomas McGrogan (36) from Ardenelee Drive in Belfast, appeared in court on Monday charged with a number of drugs offences and possessing criminal property. Read More: Petrol and pipe bomb attacks part of feud between UDA drugs gangs, police sayĪ spokesman for the PSNI said the "operation demonstrates the continuing commitment of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force to protecting communities and dismantling the supply of illegal drugs linked to East Belfast UVF". On Saturday, officers seized class A drugs with an estimated value of more than £100,000 along with £30,000 in cash after a car was stopped on Montgomery Road in east Belfast. Police are investigating a link between attacks in Newtownards and Bangor over the weekend, with Ulster Unionist MLA and Policing Board member Mike Nesbitt suggesting the South East Antrim UDA are responsible. A body that represents the views of loyalist paramilitaries has been criticised for their silence after loyalists have been linked to a weekend of attacks in north Down and a major drugs seizure in east Belfast.
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